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“Additionally, many widows took over family shops or businesses- and, not uncommonly, ran them better than their dead husbands. Y.pestis [black death germ] turns out to have been something of a feminist.”
― The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
― The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
“And I, Agnolo di Tura, called the fat, buried my wife and five children with my own hands.” The”
― The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
― The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
“A few months later, it was announced that Clement had purchased Avignon from the queen, who, as countess of Provence, held title to the city. The selling price, eighty thousand gold florins, was deemed very reasonable by most observers—indeed, perhaps even a bit low for what was, after all, the capital of Christendom.”
― The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
― The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
Polls
This poll is for the 'first' quarterly Non-fiction selection in our BT group. We had an outstanding response in nominations, with even more members holding off for the next quarter. I can only hope to see a book discussion that is half as lively.
Should we have a tie, there will be a very short 3 day additional poll to select one winner this quarter. However, if this non-fiction selection stays this popular - there could be multiple winners in the future. Time and thread participation will tell...
Please vote for your choice below...
Thanks and Happy Reading...
Should we have a tie, there will be a very short 3 day additional poll to select one winner this quarter. However, if this non-fiction selection stays this popular - there could be multiple winners in the future. Time and thread participation will tell...
Please vote for your choice below...
Thanks and Happy Reading...
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