A Time to Dance, a Time to Die: The Extraordinary Story of the Dancing Plague of 1518 by John Waller

A Time to Dance, a Time to Die: The Extraordinary Story of the Dancing Plague of 1518

John Waller

267 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative tense slow-paced
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In July 1518 a terrifying and mysterious plague struck the medieval city of Strasbourg. Hundreds of men and women danced wildly, day after day, in the punishing summer heat. Their feet blistered and bled, and their limbs ached with fatigue, but th...

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