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The Empress and the English Doctor

- How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus
Af: Lucy Ward Engelsk Paperback

The Empress and the English Doctor

- How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus
Af: Lucy Ward Engelsk Paperback
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The astonishing true story of how Catherine the Great joined forces with a Quaker doctor from Essex to spearhead one of the first global public health campaigns.

A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 SO FAR

Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2022

‘Sparkling history…with a fairytale atmosphere of sleigh rides, royal palaces and heroic risk-taking’ The Times

A killer virus…an all-powerful Empress…an encounter cloaked in secrecy…the astonishing true story.

Within living memory, smallpox was a dreaded disease. Over human history it has killed untold millions. Back in the eighteenth century, as epidemics swept Europe, the first rumours emerged of an effective treatment: a mysterious method called inoculation.

But a key problem remained: convincing people to accept the preventative remedy, the forerunner of vaccination. Arguments raged over risks and benefits, and public resistance ran high. As smallpox ravaged her empire and threatened her court, Catherine the Great took the momentous decision to summon the Quaker physician Thomas Dimsdale to St Petersburg to carry out a secret mission that would transform both their lives. Lucy Ward expertly unveils the extraordinary story of Enlightenment ideals, female leadership and the fight to promote science over superstition.

‘A rich and wonderfully urgent work of history’ Tristram Hunt
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The astonishing true story of how Catherine the Great joined forces with a Quaker doctor from Essex to spearhead one of the first global public health campaigns.

A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 SO FAR

Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2022

‘Sparkling history…with a fairytale atmosphere of sleigh rides, royal palaces and heroic risk-taking’ The Times

A killer virus…an all-powerful Empress…an encounter cloaked in secrecy…the astonishing true story.

Within living memory, smallpox was a dreaded disease. Over human history it has killed untold millions. Back in the eighteenth century, as epidemics swept Europe, the first rumours emerged of an effective treatment: a mysterious method called inoculation.

But a key problem remained: convincing people to accept the preventative remedy, the forerunner of vaccination. Arguments raged over risks and benefits, and public resistance ran high. As smallpox ravaged her empire and threatened her court, Catherine the Great took the momentous decision to summon the Quaker physician Thomas Dimsdale to St Petersburg to carry out a secret mission that would transform both their lives. Lucy Ward expertly unveils the extraordinary story of Enlightenment ideals, female leadership and the fight to promote science over superstition.

‘A rich and wonderfully urgent work of history’ Tristram Hunt
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9780861545186
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0861545184
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 16 feb 2023
Længde: 30mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Oneworld Publications
Oplagsdato: 16 feb 2023
Forfatter(e): Lucy Ward
Forfatter(e) Lucy Ward

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9780861545186

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 352

Udgave

Længde 30mm

Bredde 198mm

Højde 129mm

Udg. Dato 16 feb 2023

Oplagsdato 16 feb 2023

Forlag Oneworld Publications