Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Schama, Simon

Paperback. Very Good.

Hardback. New. <p><b>Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama shows in his epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity of science, it has happened before. </b><br />  <br /> Characteristically, with Schama the message is delivered through<b> gripping, page-turning stories</b> set in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: smallpox strikes London; cholera hits Paris; plague comes to India. Threading through the scenes of terror, suffering and hope – in hospitals and prisons, palaces and slums – are<b> an unforgettable cast of characters</b>: a philosopher-playwright burning up with smallpox in a country chateau; a vaccinating doctor paying house calls in Halifax; a woman doctor in south… Read More

Simon & Schuster UK, 2023. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 480 pages. 9.53x6.42x1.57 inches.

FIRST UK EDITION, first printing. Full number line present. Book is brand new and unread. Opened only for signing. Personally signed by the author directly to the full title page. NOT a tip in. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! Photos available upon request.
A vibrant cultural history investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama
Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama shows in his epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity of science, it has happened before.
Characteristically, Schama's message is delivered through gripping, page-turning stories set in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: smallpox strikes London; cholera hits… Read More