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The Black Death

by Thomas Asbridge

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Stephen G, Reviewer

I think this book did really well in discussing the plague; indeed too well. While I think that the selection of topics covered was excellent and Ashbridge’s writing style was conversational, I found the book much too detailed, with poor pacing. The depth of the material seemed to me to be akin to a thesis, not a book; I didn’t need as many examples on a given topic as there were. As the book went on, I found myself losing interest and near the end I felt I had gained as much as I would from the book and stopped reading. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for the advance reader copy.

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