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Year of wonders a novel of the plague

This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village," in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As the death toll rises and people turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna emerges as an unlikely and courageous heroine in the village's desperate fight to save itself.

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  • "Año de la peste, 1666"@en
  • "Gab bags"@en
  • "Year of wonders"@he
  • "Year of wonders"@it
  • "Year of wonders"
  • "Year of wonders"@en
  • "Mille six cent soixante-six"
  • "Seize cent soixante-six"
  • "Mille six cent trente six"
  • "Mille neuf cent soixante-six"

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  • "In 1666 wordt een dorp in Noord-Engeland getroffen door een pestepidemie; een jonge weduwe moet zien te overleven in een wereld waarin familieleden sterven en de hechte dorpsgemeenschap uiteenvalt."
  • "This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village, " in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As the death toll rises and people turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna emerges as an unlikely and courageous heroine in the village's desperate fight to save itself."
  • "Eine Frau gegen den Schwarzen Tod. Als in einem kleinen Dorf im Norden Englands die Pest ausbricht, übernehmen Angst, Hysterie und Hexenwahn die Herrschaft. Der Schwarze Tod wütet unerbittlich. Die Dorfbewohner haben dem Pfarrer gelobt, den Ort nicht zu verlassen, ehe nicht die Seuche besiegt ist. Mehr als einmal sind sie kurz davor, einander gegenseitig zu meucheln. Die junge Witwe Anna Frith beweist in dieser schlimmen Zeit Mut, sie schenkt Leben und findet Liebe und privates Glück. Eines Tages hat das Grauen ein Ende. Aber Anna Frith steht die schwerste Prüfung noch bevor."
  • "This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village," in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As the death toll rises and people turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna emerges as an unlikely and courageous heroine in the village's desperate fight to save itself."@en
  • "This gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village," in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. As the death toll rises and people turn from prayers and herbal cures to sorcery and murderous witch-hunting, Anna emerges as an unlikely and courageous heroine in the village's desperate fight to save itself."
  • "In 1666 the unsuspecting villagers of a North Country town were visited by the plague, carried in a bale of cloth from London. The desperate villagers turn to sorcery, herb lore and witch-hunting."
  • "This is the story of a young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the year of 1666, when plague suddenly visits her small Derbyshire village and the villagers, inspired by a charismatic preacher, elect to quarantine themselves."@en
  • "Eine Frau gegen den Schwarzen Tod. Als in einem kleinen Dorf im Norden Englands die Pest ausbricht, übernehmen Angst, Hysterie und Hexenwahn die Herrschaft. Der Schwarze Tod wütet unerbittlich. Die Dorfbewohner haben dem Pfarrer gelobt, den Ort nicht zu verlassen, ehe nicht die Seuche besiegt ist. Mehr als einmal sind sie kurz davor, einander gegenseitig zu meucheln. Die junge Witwe Anna Frith beweist in dieser schlimmen Zeit Mut, sie schenkt Leben und findet Liebe und privates Glück. Eines Tages hat das Grauen ein Ende. Aber Anna Frith steht die schwerste Prüfung noch bevor ... Geraldine Brooks, mehrfach ausgezeichnete amerikanische Journalistin und Sachbuchautorin, wurde zu ihrem ersten Roman durch das Hinweisschild auf ein englisches 'Pestdorf' angeregt. Dort hatten sich Menschen bei Ausbruch der Pest im 17. Jahrhundert selbst in Quarantäne begeben, um das Ausbreiten der Seuche zu verhindern. An ihren Mut und ihre Verzweiflung erinnert bis heute im Peak District ein kleines Museum. Geraldine Brooks wurde 1955 in Sydney geboren und bereiste elf Jahre lang als Auslandskorrespondentin des 'Wall Street Journal' verschiedene islamische Länder, darunter Bosnien, Somalia und den Mittleren Osten. Heute lebt sie in Virginia. Für ihre Reportagen über die palästinensische Intifada, den Iran-Irak-Konflikt und den Golfkrieg wurde sie mehrfach ausgezeichnet."
  • ""In an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes, we follow the story of the plague year, 1666, as her fellow villagers make an extraordinary choice. Convinced bya visionary young minister, they elect to quarantine themselves within the village boundaries to arrest the spread of the disease. Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a village in the rugged mountain spine of England, Year of Wonders is written with an unerring sense of time and place and a stunning emotional intelligence ..."--Cover."@en
  • "When an infected bolt of cloth carries a plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the plague year, 1666, as her fellow villagers make an extraordinary choice: convinced by a visionary young minister they elect to quarentine themselves within the village boundaries to arrest the spread of the diease. But as death reaches into every household, faith frays. Villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, and Anna must confront the death of family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of illicit love; and as she struggles to survive, a year of plague becomes, instead, a year of wonders--from Cover."@en
  • "Set in a village in remote England which is confronted by plague - Anna Frith is a housemaid who discovers powers of healing."@en
  • "Set in a village in remote England which is confronted by plague - Anna Frith is a housemaid who discovers powers of healing."
  • "A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title, that may also include miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders."@en

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  • "History"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Downloadable e-Books"@en
  • "Bestseller 2002 (Englisch)"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Miscellaneous fiction"@en
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Literatura i medicina"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "History"@en

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  • "Een wonderlijk jaar"
  • "Year of wonders a novel of the plague"
  • "Das pesttuch : Roman"
  • "Year of wonders a novel of the plague"@en
  • "El Año de la peste"
  • "Godina čuda"
  • "Das Pesttuch Roman"
  • "Year of Wonders A Novel of the Plague"@en
  • "Year of Wonders : a Novel of the Plague"@en
  • "Year of wonders : a novel of the Plague"
  • "Qi ji zhi nian = Year of wonders"
  • "Years of wonder : a novel of the plague"
  • "A year of wonders"@en
  • "El año de la peste"@en
  • "El año de la peste"@es
  • "Das pesttuch : roman"
  • "Year of wonders : novel of the plague"
  • "Annus Mirabilis"
  • "Year of wonders : a novel of the plague"@en
  • "Year of wonders : a novel of the plague"
  • "YEARS OF WONDERS"
  • "1666"
  • "Year of wonders"@en
  • "Year of wonders"
  • "Year of wonders a novel of the plague : [a Gab bag for book discussion groups]"@en
  • "Year of wonders / Geraldine Brooks Insight text guide"
  • "Das Pesttuch : Roman"
  • "Qi ji zhi nian"
  • "Years of wonders : A novel of the plague"
  • "奇迹之年 = Year of wonders"
  • "שנת הפלאות"
  • "Year of Wonders"@en
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  • "Shenat ha-pelaʼot"
  • "奇迹之年"
  • "Year of wonders : a novel of the plague . [Soundrecording]"@en
  • "1666 [mille-six-cent-soixante-six]"
  • "Annus mirabilis"
  • "Annus mirabilis"@it
  • "Annus mirabilis"@en
  • "1666 : roman"

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