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Year of Wonders

(2001)
A Novel of the Plague
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A young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the most extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly visited a small Derbyshire village and the villagers, inspired by a charismatic preacher, elected to quarantine themselves to limit the contagion.


Genre: Historical

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"A wonder indeed... remarkable." - Anita Shreve


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