Plague Fiction
BBC FOUR
Friday 18 July 2025 01:50 - 02:50 (60 mins)
Professor Laura Ashe takes a look back at the literature on the plague, starting with the 14th century, when the Black Death was sweeping the globe. Also in HD. [S]
Mentioned: Plague, Black Death, Europe, Eyam, Chaucer, Italy, Pardoner, Canterbury Tales, Samuel Pepys, Pepys, Derbyshire, Covid—19, Oxford, England, Decameron, No—one, Woolwich, A0, People, Germany, Pretty, Edward Cooper, Lord Have Mercy, Kibworth, Agnolo di Tura
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