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OverviewForty Days: Quarantine and the Traveller, c. 1700 –1900 provides a timely reminder that no traveller in past centuries could return from the East without spending up to 40 days in a lazaretto to ensure that no symptoms of plague were developing. Quarantine was performed in virtual prisons ranging from mud huts in the Danube basin to a converted fort on Malta, evoking every emotion from hatred and hostility through to resignation and even contentment. Drawing on the diaries and journals of some 300 men and women of many nationalities over more than two centuries, the author describes the inadequate accommodation, poor food and crushing boredom experienced by detainees. The book also draws attention to comradeship, sickness, and death in detention, as well as Casanova’s unique ability to do what he did best even in the lazaretto of Ancona. Other well-known detainees included Hans Christian Andersen, Mark Twain and Sir Walter Scott. Lavishly illustrated, the work includes a gazetteer of 49 lazarettos in Europe and Asia Minor, with inmates’ comments on each. This book will appeal to all those interested in the history of medicine and the history of travel. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John BookerPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.462kg ISBN: 9781032050348ISBN 10: 1032050349 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 20 September 2021 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Reasons, Regimes and Routes 2. Quarantine: the Social Leveller 3. First Impressions 4. Passing the Time 5. Reckoning and Departure Gazetteer: Quarantine Stations and LazarettosReviewsAuthor InformationDr. John Booker, F.R.Hist.S., is an independent scholar based in Devon. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |