Around one third of the population of the British Isles was killed by the Black Death
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Imagine, if you can, a mystery bug appearing out of nowhere – one with no cure or treatment and that kills nearly everyone infected in just a matter of days. Then consider one-in-three people in Britain being struck down by it over the course of two years. Unthinkable, isn’t it? And yet that’s exactly what happened halfway through the 14th century. Where did this killer plague,Black Death, come from? How did it spread? And what was it like to live through these unutterable days? We reveal all from page 28.