Keith Wrightson, Times Literary Supplement
`This is a harrowing and compelling book. It is an exceptionally fine piece of social history; a sensitive, mature and deeply humane exploration of a social problem and its consequences for social history of the period.'
Review
This is a harrowing and compelling book. It is an exceptionally fine piece of social history; a sensitive, mature and deeply humane exploration of a social problem and its consequences for social history of the period. (
Keith Wrightson, Times Literary Supplement )
I have read this book with pleasure and admiration: pleasure in the rich and interesting detail; admiration for a scholarly work on an important subject of English social history. (
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Times )
Paul Slack has written the definitive social history of Tudor and Stuart plague. (
Times Higher Education Supplement )