{"product_id":"the-black-death-history-compacted-9798653877803","title":"The Black Death: Explore the Great Mortality From Beginning to End","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMankind's annals don't get darker.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelve into the deadliest pandemic ever known.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo one knew where it came from\u003c\/b\u003e, and at a certain point, it didn't matter because it seemed to be everywhere... stalking the land with silent menace. It clung to people and animals like a second skin, traveling to distant places on the backs of traders and travelers who didn't even know they were dead. It could kill swiftly and brutally, or slowly and painfully, and no one knew if they had it until it was far too late-when the weeping black pustules that gave the disease its name appeared across their feverish bodies. \u003cb\u003eThe Black Death swept through Africa, Asia, and Europe, taking millions of lives en route.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople didn't passively accept this epidemic. They scrambled for answers and solutions, grappling with the impossible. A very real fear began to take form: that \u003cb\u003ethis was the beginning of the end of the world\u003c\/b\u003e. Social order broke down, governments stopped functioning, churches and religious scholars were undermined, fanatics whipped themselves into a frenzy, and ignorant, terrified mobs scapegoated and slaughtered their own neighbors in their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, the world did not then end. \u003cb\u003eHumanity endured, survived, and came again to thrive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis horrifying chapter of our history will fascinate, but discord and disease await. \u003cb\u003ePrepare for the Black Death \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e History Compacted, Adrian Ramos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8653877800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798653877803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.31d","brand":"History Compacted","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46721368719615,"sku":"9798653877803","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9eb6e20-d37d-4d07-80b6-886b72d2e9b1.jpg?v=1742752654","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-death-history-compacted-9798653877803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}