On September 5, 2024 the Folger’s virtual book club continues with a discussion of Year of Wonders. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of resources related to plague in early modern England.
LISTEN to related podcast episodes
LEARN about plague in Shakespeare’s time
- Living through the plague times – Excerpt: ‘Death By Shakespeare’ by Kathryn Harkup
- Beyond a Cure for Plague
- Recipe Books, Plague Cures and the Circulation of Information
- Recipes for dealing with the plague in Shakespeare’s England
- Of Counts and Causes: The Emergence of the London Bills of Mortality
REVISIT past Folger book clubs that explored the effects of disease on society
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