Year of Wonders  -  Geraldine Brooks

KORTE INHOUD

Spring 1666: when the Great Plague reaches the quiet Derbyshire village of Eyam, the villagers make an extraordinary decision. They elect to isolate themselves in a fateful quarantine. So begins the Year of Wonders, seen through eighteen-year-old Anna Frith's eyes as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. Based on a true story, the novel explores love and learning, fear and fanaticism, and the struggles of sixteenth-century sc...
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2001 Uitgever: Fourth Estate 310 paginas Taal: Engels