The third horseman : a story of weather, war, and the famine history forgot
Rosen, William, 1955-2015
Books, Manuscripts
In May 1315, years before the Black Death, it started to rain. For the seven disastrous years that followed, Europeans would be visited by a series of curses unseen since the third book of Exodus: floods, ice, failures of crops and cattle and epidemics not just of disease, but of pike, sword and spear. All told, six million lives, one-eighth of Europe's total population, would be lost. This is the story of the oft-overlooked Great Famine, told with wit and drama, it demonstrates what it all means for today's discussions of climate change.
Main title:
Author:
Rosen, William, 1955-, author
Imprint:
New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2015.New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2015.
Collation:
302 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780143127147 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.192940.192 ROS
Language:
English
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BRN:
1730086