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To Calais, in Ordinary Time

James Meek

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#5164 of 8,085 books · #809 in Historical Fiction

Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2020).

To Calais, in Ordinary Time was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. England, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a proctor sets out for a monastery in Avignon and a young ploughman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. In the other direction comes the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe. To Calais, In Ordinary Time is an exploration of love, death and power, against the backdrop of catastrophe.

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Publisher
Canongate Books
ISBN-13
9781786896759
Topics
Black Death/pandemicLove and class divisionsJourney/pilgrimage

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