{"product_id":"9780061718984","title":"The Black Death","description":"By: Philip Ziegler     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“As exciting and readable an account as you could\u003cbr\u003ewish.”  — \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Fascinating.” – Bill Bryson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Black Death\u003c\/em\u003e vividly and comprehensively brings to light the full horror of this uniquely catastrophic event that hastened the disintegration of an age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA series of natural disasters in the Orient during the\u003cbr\u003efourteenth century brought about the most devastating period of death and\u003cbr\u003edestruction in European history. The epidemic killed one-third of Europe's\u003cbr\u003epeople over a period of three years, and the resulting social and economic\u003cbr\u003eupheaval was on a scale unparalleled in all of recorded history. Synthesizing\u003cbr\u003ethe records of contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians,\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Ziegler offers a critically acclaimed overview of this crucial epoch in a\u003cbr\u003esingle masterly volume. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48095273025763,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780061718984","price":118.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780061718984.jpg?v=1770701141","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/9780061718984","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}