First, A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman. It’s a history of Europe in 1347, the year when the Black Death decimated parts of the continent.
Next, Between Two Fires by Christopher Buhlman. It reads like a Ren Faire insult comic read Tuchman and was inspired. It’s a horror novel with a group of folks trying to get to the pope in Avignon for important reasons while the Plauge plagues around them and the forces of heaven and hell battle.
May I recommend not one but two books?
First, A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman. It’s a history of Europe in 1347, the year when the Black Death decimated parts of the continent.
Next, Between Two Fires by Christopher Buhlman. It reads like a Ren Faire insult comic read Tuchman and was inspired. It’s a horror novel with a group of folks trying to get to the pope in Avignon for important reasons while the Plauge plagues around them and the forces of heaven and hell battle.