Brooks, Geraldine
Year of wonders a novel of the plague Geraldine Brooks - New York Viking 2001 - 308 pages map 24 cm
This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village," in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As the death toll rises and people turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna emerges as an unlikely and courageous heroine in the village's desperate fight to save itself.
9780142001431 0142001430
00052757
1660-2099
Plague--Fiction
Australian fiction--21st century
Fiction--Historical
Historical fiction
Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685--Fiction
Great Britain
PR9619.3.B7153 / Y4 2001
Bro 2
Year of wonders a novel of the plague Geraldine Brooks - New York Viking 2001 - 308 pages map 24 cm
This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village," in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As the death toll rises and people turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna emerges as an unlikely and courageous heroine in the village's desperate fight to save itself.
9780142001431 0142001430
00052757
1660-2099
Plague--Fiction
Australian fiction--21st century
Fiction--Historical
Historical fiction
Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685--Fiction
Great Britain
PR9619.3.B7153 / Y4 2001
Bro 2