The Black Death and the Dancing Mania

This book might be just the right thing for the restless Plague-lovers, End-time fetishists and Apocalypse-huggers among you. Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker was one of three generations of distinguished professors of medicine. This account of the Black Death was Hecker's first important work. It was published in 1832, and was followed in the same year by his account of the Dancing Mania. He wrote a chilling, efficient portrait of two devastating illnesses that ravaged Europe during the Middle Ages and beyond. It's written from a distant, factual perspective, which removes some of the intimate humanity. He must have thought that with disasterous events that are that dramatic, and on such a massive scale, it's better not to get too personal. This will probably be one of the most depressing, horrific true tales you'll ever read, and it will definitely give you a lively perspective to a real-life nightmare that changed the history of the world. Notoir Books is a publisher of books on topics of esoteric interests, eccentric memoirs, overlooked history, otherworldly stories and distinctive voices. You can visit us at notoirbooks.com for more.