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The Empress and the English Doctor - How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus (Hardcover)
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The Empress and the English Doctor - How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus (Hardcover)
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List price R631
Loot Price R517
Discovery Miles 5 170
You Save R114 (18%)
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A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 SO FAR Shortlisted for the Pushkin House
Book Prize 2022 'Sparkling history...with a fairytale atmosphere of
sleigh rides, royal palaces and heroic risk-taking' The Times A
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
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