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[A] riveting, vivid history of modern disease outbreaks....A fascinating account of a deeply important topic for if the past 100 years have taught us anything, it is that new diseases and viral strains will inevitably beset us, no matter how sophisticated science becomes. -- The Observer (London) A lively but less than reassuring read for those on exotic travels. -- Financial Times (London) Engrossing....Combining history, popular science, and policy, [Honigsbaum] describes each pandemic with journalistic immediacy....An important and timely work. -- Booklist (starred review) Gripping. -- Nature Lively, gruesome, and masterful....Honigsbaum mixes superb medical history with vivid portraits of the worldwide reactions to each [pandemic] event. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Some scenes in this deeply researched history, citing similarities in the world's response to nine so-called pandemics, are so vivid they had our reviewer, Carl Zimmer, drafting movie treatments in his head. The paperback edition includes a new chapter on the coronavirus. -- New York Times Book Review

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Mark Honigsbaum is a medical historian, journalist, and the author of five books, including The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris and The Fever Trail: In Search of the Cure for Malaria. He is a lecturer at City University, London. John Lee, is a stage actor, writer, and a coproducer of feature films. An AudioFile Golden Voice narrator, he is the winner of numerous Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards.

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