The History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics

by Paul Chrystal

This revelatory book charts and explains the impact and consequences of successive pandemics, plagues and epidemics on the course of world history - all through the lens of today's ongoing global experience of COVID 19\. Ranging from prehistory to the present day, it first defines what constitutes a pandemic or epidemic then looks at 20 guilty diseases: including cholera, influenza, bubonic plague, leprosy, measles, smallpox, malaria, AIDS, MERS,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399005421
• ISBN13: 9781399005425
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"