Description
| Product ID: | 9780143127147 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Third Horseman |
| Subtitle: | A Story of Weather, War and the Famine History Forgot |
| Authors: | Author: William Rosen |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Social and cultural history, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Social & cultural history, Famine, Europe, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In May 1315, years before the Black Death, it started to rain. For the seven disastrous years that followed, Europeans would be visited by a series of curses unseen since the third book of Exodus: floods, ice, failures of crops and cattle and epidemics not just of disease, but of pike, sword and spear. All told, six million lives, one-eighth of Europe''s total population, would be lost. This is the stunning story of the oft-overlooked Great Famine, told with wit and drama, it demonstrates what it all means for today''s discussions of climate change. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin USA |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-04-28 |