Get Well Soon : History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them (CD-Audio)

from readbybrit

THIS WAS SO GOOD. I've always had an in interest in plagues and reading about so when I saw this book (I believe it was a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Awards one year?) it was like all of my dreams had come true. I learned so much while reading this and I found new topics that I did not expec...

from Anniik

Very interesting book! My only disappointment is that we didn't get much description of the diseases but to be fair that wasn't really the purpose of the book.

from oldbookswine

Jennifer Wright traces 14 major plagues throughout history. Beginning with Antonine Plague and ending with AIDS she covers the spread, effect, cause and cure, of each of these plagues. With a great sense of humor she makes this a good read. Her writing style is much like Mary Roach which makes to...

from readbybrit

THIS WAS SO GOOD. I've always had an in interest in plagues and reading about so when I saw this book (I believe it was a nominee for the Goodreads Choice Awards one year?) it was like all of my dreams had come true. I learned so much while reading this and I found new topics that I did not expec...

from meandmybooks

Initially I was skeptical about this one due to the author's ill-supported claims that the Antonine Plague caused the Roman Empire to fall ("was a very significant contributor to the decline" would have made me less uncomfortable), but, as it turned out, that first chapter was the only one where ...