The Dancing Plague

The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness

By John Waller
(Sourcebooks, Paperback, 9781402219436, 278pp.)

Publication Date: September 2009

Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook

Categories: Europe - General, Health Care Delivery, Modern - 16th Century

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In the summer of 1518, possibly 100 people dance to their deaths in one of the most bizarre and terrifying plagues in history. Waller pens a gripping tale of one of history's oddest events, and examines what it reveals about the strange possibilities of human nature.
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