Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1841154571
- ISBN 13
- 9781841154572
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About This Item
Fourth Estate, Great Britain, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. A young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village. In 1666, plague swept through London, driving the King and his court to Oxford, and Samuel Pepys to Greenwich, in an attempt to escape contagion. The north of England remained untouched until, in a small community of leadminers and hill farmers, a bolt of cloth arrived from the capital. The tailor who cut the cloth had no way of knowing that the damp fabric carried with it bubonic infection. So begins the Year of Wonders, in which a Pennine village of 350 souls confronts a scourge beyond remedy or understanding. Desperate, the villagers turn to sorcery, herb lore, and murderous witch-hunting. Then, led by a young and charismatic preacher, they elect to isolate themselves in a fatal quarantine. The story is told through the eyes of Anna Frith who, at only 18, must contend with the death of her family, the disintegration of her society, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit attraction. Geraldine Brooks's novel explores love and learning, fear and fanaticism, and the struggle of 17th century science and religion to deal with a seemingly diabolical pestilence. 'Year of Wonders' is also an eloquent memorial to the real-life Derbyshire villagers who chose to suffer alone during England's last great plague. Light foxing to top of page edges. 310 pages. Light tanning to pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 1841154571. ISBN/EAN: 9781841154572. Inventory No: 267047.. 9781841154572
Synopsis
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague is a 2001 international bestselling historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks. It was chosen as both a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book.
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- Bookseller
- leura books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 267047
- Title
- Year of Wonders
- Author
- Geraldine Brooks
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1841154571
- ISBN 13
- 9781841154572
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Fiction; Unbranded ISBN: 1841154571 EAN: 9781841154572 Geraldine Brooks Year of Wonders
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