The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black DeathA compelling history of the Black Death that scoured Europe in the mid 14th century killing twenty five million people. It was one of the worst human disasters in history. The bodies were sparsely covered that the dogs dragged them forth and devoured themAnd believing it to be the end of the world, no one wept for the dead, for all expected to die. Agnolo di Turo, Siena, 1348 In just over a thousand days from 1347 to 1351 the 'Black Death' travelled