Year of Wonders
  • Published:
    Aug-2001 (Hardcover)
    Apr-2002 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Historical
  • Time Period:
    European Renaissance (1300-1700) 17th Century
  • Pages:
    352
  • Age Level:
    18 & up
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When an infected bolt of cloth carries 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 quarantine themselves within the village boundaries to arrest the spread of the disease. But as death reaches into every household, faith frays. When villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must confront the deaths of family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive, a year of plague becomes instead annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders."

Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a village in the rugged hill country of England, Year of Wonders is a richly detailed evocation of a singular moment in history.
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    • May-2002
    • Penguin
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0142001430
    • ISBN13: 9780142001431
    •  
    • Mar-2002
    • HarperCollins
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 184115458X
    • ISBN13: 9781841154589
    •  
    • May-2021
    • HarperCollins (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0008485186
    • ISBN13: 9780008485184
    • First Edition
    • Aug-2001
    • Viking
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 067091021X
    • ISBN13: 9780670910212
    •  
    • Apr-2002
    • Perfection Learning
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0756933927
    • ISBN13: 9780756933920
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Apr-2002
    • HarperPerennial
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0007390351
    • ISBN13: 9780007390359
    •  
    • May-2002
    • Penguin
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1101079193
    • ISBN13: 9781101079195
    •  
    • Aug-2010
    • Penguin Audio
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1101223162
    • ISBN13: 9781101223161
    •  
    • Nov-2001
    • Books on Tape
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0736671668
    • ISBN13: 9780736671668
    •  
    • Apr-2002
    • HarperCollins (UK)
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 0007141467
    • ISBN13: 9780007141463
    •  
    • Jan-2007
    • HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
    • Audible
    •  
    • Aug-2010
    • Playaway
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1441754512
    • ISBN13: 9781441754516
    •  
    • Aug-2010
    • Playaway
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1441754482
    • ISBN13: 9781441754486
    •  
    • Dec-2001
    • Thorndike Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0783896824
    • ISBN13: 9780783896823
    • Large Print



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