Year of Wonders

by Geraldine Brooks | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 184115458x Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingyorkshire-lasswing of Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on 8/16/2013
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Amazon Editorial Review

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'March' and 'People of the Book'. 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.

I read this a few years ago and loved it. It is one of those book that stay in your mind a long time, I would really recommend it.

Journal Entry 2 by wingyorkshire-lasswing at Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on Monday, August 19, 2013

Released 10 yrs ago (8/19/2013 UTC) at Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom

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Going into pam99's book box.

Journal Entry 3 by wingpam99wing at Troon, Scotland United Kingdom on Sunday, September 1, 2013
caught from my bookbox, thanks!

Journal Entry 4 by wingpam99wing at Troon, Scotland United Kingdom on Saturday, January 9, 2016
Finally got to this one (not been reading much but decided to do a wee new year a-z authors challenge). Really enjoyed it although historical fiction isn't something I generally go for!

Journal Entry 5 by wingpam99wing at Argyll Hotel in Inveraray, Scotland United Kingdom on Sunday, January 10, 2016

Released 8 yrs ago (1/10/2016 UTC) at Argyll Hotel in Inveraray, Scotland United Kingdom

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