Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-303) and index.
Contents
Birth of a serial killer -- The Black Death crosses the channel -- After the Black Death: the French connection -- Tentacles of the Plague -- England under siege -- Portrait of an epidemic -- The Great plague of London -- How bugs and germs operate -- Building an identikit of the killer -- Debunking history -- The biology of Bubonic plague: a myth revisited -- DNA analysis: a red herring -- The true story of a historic village -- The surprising link between AIDS and the Black death -- Assembling the jigsaw puzzle -- The Black Death in hiding -- Why did haemorrhagic plague suddenly disappear? -- The dangers of emergent diseases -- The return of the Black Death? -- Is there something more terrible than the Black Death?