Bodmin, 1349.Bodmin, 1349 Roberta Kalechofsky Roberta Kalechofsky (born May 11, 1931) is an American writer, feminist and animal rights activist, focusing on the issue of animal rights within Judaism and the promotion of vegetarianism within the Jewish community. Micah Publications 255 Humphrey Street, Marblehead, MA 01945-1645 0916288242 $18.00 www.micahbooks.com Bodmin, 1349: An Epic Novel of Christians and Jews in the Plague Years is a work of historical fiction, set during the Middle Ages when the "Black Death" ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. Europe. A peasant from York and his wife, who is rumored to be a Jewish "leftover" from the expulsion of Jews from England in 1290, struggle to survive in a world seemingly driven mad, decimated by a virulent vir·u·lent adj. 1. Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin. 2. Capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host. Used of a pathogen. 3. pestilance so severely and lethally contagious that disposal of the dead risks the spread of death. Entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. heavily with accurate details and documented data of daily life in the 1300's, and society's struggle to adapt the plague, as well as a a powerful interplay between Christian and Jewish religious heritage reflected in the private rift between husband and wife, Bodmin, 1349 is an unparalleled epic work. |
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