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This is a book without comparison. Cohn has successfully undertaken the formidable task of dealing with a major and controversial topic over a vast period of time and within a geographical area that stretches from England to India. Well-conceived, imaginative, and strongly argued, The Black Death Transformed is a definitive work on an important and much studied subject and will remain so for a long time. (William M. Bowsky, Professor Emeritus, University )
Finally, here is a book that examines original sources throughout Europe to challenge convincingly the age-old paradigm of the Black Death as bubonic plague. (Dr John Henderson, Wolfson College, Cambridge )
...delightfully readable. Conveys an ambitious and ultimately convincing argument in precise, often amusing prose. Cohn displays a combination of academic rigour and the ability to render the complex intriguing. (The Independent )
...a fascinating account. (New Scientist )
The impressive level of primary and secondary research, will make this well written and readable work impossible for historians to ignore. Highly recommended. (CHOICE )
Well-conceived and well-argued, The Black Death Transformed will remain an important work for many years to come. (International Journal of Epidemiology )
A penetrating and exhuastive study.... (History of Medicine )
Finally, here is a book that examines original sources throughout Europe to challenge convincingly the age-old paradigm of the Black Death as bubonic plague. (Dr John Henderson, Wolfson College, Cambridge )
...delightfully readable. Conveys an ambitious and ultimately convincing argument in precise, often amusing prose. Cohn displays a combination of academic rigour and the ability to render the complex intriguing. (The Independent )
...a fascinating account. (New Scientist )
The impressive level of primary and secondary research, will make this well written and readable work impossible for historians to ignore. Highly recommended. (CHOICE )
Well-conceived and well-argued, The Black Death Transformed will remain an important work for many years to come. (International Journal of Epidemiology )
A penetrating and exhuastive study.... (History of Medicine )
New Scientist
...a fascinating account.
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Format:Paperback
Be aware that this book is a reprint, and therefore does not have the original cover. This is less important, however, than the lack of the last 10 pages of the index, which makes it difficult to find anything after the letter G. For an academic book, it is essential to be able to look things up in the index and one's ability to do this is hampered by only having the first quarter of the alphabet represented. Forget about looking up "Women, affect on" or even simply "Plague, bubonic". There is no way to find this out with this ill-conceived and executed reprint. Shell out the extra cash and buy the original.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
The Truth about the Black Death
19 Dec 2004
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I feel compelled to counter the San Diegan's review. While there is a lot of information in there to buttress the author's apparently overwhelmingly convincing premise, it is true that only the most statistical minded will find all of the quantitive information intriguing. I skipped over most of the charts and diagrams, but there is no denying that much of the author's recounting is facinating, especially with regards to the social implications of each plague outbreak. Anyone interested in the middle ages should read (most of) this book.
15 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Mindnumbingly comprehensive
16 Aug 2004
Format:Paperback
"It is clear from the evidence presented in this account that the Black Death was almost any disease other than the rat-based bubonic plague whose bacillus was discovered in 1894."
The author starts off well and the premise is fascinating and well supported. No one can claim that the author has not done his homework. However, the catalog of study after study may play well for an academic treatise, it becomes monotonous and mind-numbing for the rest of the world.
I can't imagine someone with out an advanced degree and a really keen interest in the research of the black plague finding this book enjoyable. After reading the first five chapters or so I ended up reading the first two pages of each chapter and moving on.
Definitely would not recommend this for the lay person. Extremely marginal recommendation even for a scientist unless you are really specialized in this area.
The author starts off well and the premise is fascinating and well supported. No one can claim that the author has not done his homework. However, the catalog of study after study may play well for an academic treatise, it becomes monotonous and mind-numbing for the rest of the world.
I can't imagine someone with out an advanced degree and a really keen interest in the research of the black plague finding this book enjoyable. After reading the first five chapters or so I ended up reading the first two pages of each chapter and moving on.
Definitely would not recommend this for the lay person. Extremely marginal recommendation even for a scientist unless you are really specialized in this area.
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