Art and Architectural History
Explore the intersections of art, architecture, and history with our curated reading list, featuring Norman F. Cantor's *In the Wake of the Plague*. Discover essential architectural books and historical analyses.
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How the Great Pyramid was built / Craig B. Smith ; foreword by Zahi Hawass ; photography by Andy Ryan.
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In the Wake of the Plague
by Norman F. Cantor
The Black Death was the fourteenth century's equivalent of a nuclear war. It wiped out one-third of Europe's population, takingmillion lives. And yet, most of what we know about it is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren -- the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the awful end by respiratory failure -- are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was and how it made history remain shrouded in a haze of myths. Now, Norman Cantor, the premier historian of the Middle Ages, draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and groundbreaking historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death as a gripping, intimate narrative.
