by Ann Benson · Delacorte Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9780385316514
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«The Plague Tales» is the historical fiction novel by Ann Benson, published by Delacorte Press in hardcover (474 pages, in English).
The novel alternates two eras: in the 14th century, Spanish physician Alejandro Canches flees Spain during the Black Death and ends up serving in the court of Edward III of England. In the present, archaeologist Janie Crowe unearths a medieval container in England and releases a deadly bacterium against which antibiotics prove useless.
First edition published in New York in 1997. Novel in the Literature and Fiction and History categories.
For readers of historical fiction with medical suspense.
