Year of wonders: a novel of the plague
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Viking, 2001.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
308 pages : map ; 24 cm
Lexile measure:
1080L
Status:
East Hampton Adult Fiction
FIC BRO
Description
Young Anna Frith, a vicar's maid, is faced with the loss of her family, the disintegration of her local community, and a passionate, illicit love as she and her village confront the horrors of the plague, in a historical novel based on real-life events in seventeenth-century England. A first novel.
"When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes, we follow the story of the plague year, 1666, as her fellow villagers make an extraordinary choice. Convinced by a visionary young minister, they elect to quarantine themselves within the village boundaries to arrest the spread of the disease. But as death reaches into every household, faith frays. When villagers turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna must confront the deaths of family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As she struggles to survive, a year of plague becomes, instead, annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders.' Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a village in the rugged mountain spine of England. Year of Wonders is a detailed evocation of a singular moment in history."--BOOK JACKET.
"When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes, we follow the story of the plague year, 1666, as her fellow villagers make an extraordinary choice. Convinced by a visionary young minister, they elect to quarantine themselves within the village boundaries to arrest the spread of the disease. But as death reaches into every household, faith frays. When villagers turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna must confront the deaths of family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As she struggles to survive, a year of plague becomes, instead, annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders.' Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a village in the rugged mountain spine of England. Year of Wonders is a detailed evocation of a singular moment in history."--BOOK JACKET.
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More Details
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
067091021X
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.9, 17 Points
Level 6.9, 17 Points
Lexile measure:
1080
Notes
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,6.9,17,68782
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APA Citation (style guide)
Brooks, G. (2001). Year of wonders: a novel of the plague. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Brooks, Geraldine. 2001. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Brooks, Geraldine, Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague. Viking, 2001.
MLA Citation (style guide)Brooks, Geraldine. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague. Viking, 2001.
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