Roberts, Alice
Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond
- ISBN 13:
- 9781398519237
- author:
- Roberts, Alice
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.3 x 2.5 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
The Crypt is the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy. In this book, she brings to life individuals who lived and died between ten and five centuries ago, focusing on pathology, disease, and human suffering in the past. The stories in this book are not comforting tales, but rather a portrayal of the brutal and devastating events that shaped medieval Europe. From the devastation caused by incurable epidemics to the tumultuous story of a protracted battle between Church and State, Professor Roberts expertly weaves together a narrative that sheds light on the lives of those who lived during this period. Beautifully written and vividly drawn, this book is a brilliant and unexpected portrait of modern Britain, revealing the lives of those whose remains were marked by chronic debilitating disease.
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