TY - BOOK AU - Braxton-Smith, Ananda, TI - The death: the horror of the plague SN - 9781742030739 (pbk.) U1 - 614.5732 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Fitzroy, Vic. PB - Black Dog Books KW - Plague KW - History KW - Juvenile literature KW - Black Death KW - Europe KW - Diseases and history N1 - Late medieval life: not so nasty -- The beginning of the end -- What they did next -- Puppet-popes and rogue-priests -- You're not the boss of me -- The end of the beginning -- A corruptible crown -- 1665! -- Tiny lives -- Slightly larger lives -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index; For primary school age N2 - It is the fourteenth century. Europe and China are suffering an outbreak of an unpredictable disease. It sweeps through the population like wildfire. The symptoms are horrific. It kills weak and strong, young and old. It is known by many names. The Plague. The Black Death. The Pestilence. Why did it happen? Could it happen again? Who would be left to tell the tale? ER -