false 198686 9 Before venturing back and forth in time with this historical <I>and</I> futuristic adventure novel, Ann Benson was best known for her beads. The idea for <I>The Plague Tales</I> came to her during a period of research in London for one of her craft books; passing by an open plot of ground, she learned that it was a mass grave for 14th-century victims of the bubonic plague, inspiring her own fantastic version of the disastrous disease's effects. <P> <I>The Plague Tales</I> consists of two parallel stories: one an account of a king's physician in 14th-century England, the other a tale of futuristic London--a time when antibiotics no longer cure and "Bio-Cops," empowered to exterminate those suspected of carrying disease, prowl the streets. 2983380 1997 The Plague Tales total:204|5:60|4:76|3:47|2:17|1:4| 204 783 301 41 4 0 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Jan 12 08:09:41 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 08:10:35 -0800 2009
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