The Empress and the English Doctor : How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus
Ward, Lucy
A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 SO FARShortlisted for the Pushkin House Book
Prize 2022’Sparkling history...with a fairytale atmosphere of sleigh
rides, royal palaces and heroic risk-taking’ The TimesA 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
Kustantaja: UKBooks
Sidosasu: Pehmeäkantinen
ean: 9780861545186
Hyllypaikka (Sivullinen kirjakauppa): BIOGRAPHY&MEMOIR
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