Download or read book The Scourging Angel written by Benedict Gummer and published by Jonathan Cape. This book was released on 2009 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nothing experienced in human history, before or since, eclipses the terror, tragedy and scale of the Black Death, the disease which killed millions of people in Medieval Europe. The Scourging Angel tells the story of Britain immediately before, during and after this catastrophe. It charts the progress of the plague from its inception in the Near East, through Europe, to the moment it strikes the south coast of England, and its subsequent devastating march northwards through the British Isles. It provides a full and original account of the aftermath of the pandemic." --Book Jacket.