Talking about bubonic plague...:-)), one of you might be able to help me! I read a really good "sci-fi" book several years ago, but can't find it anywhere, and I've forgotten the title and the author!! It was about students in Cambridge or Oxford Uni who go back in time, and one of them has gone to the Middle Ages and is late coming back. The teams who man the time-machines are all going down with a strange sickness (in fact, flu, which someone has brought back from the past)which is killing lots of people, and the main character decides to go back and find the other student. She gets caught in the part of England where the bubonic plague started, and she feels terrible, because she cannot do anything to save all the people. Because towns and villages are shutting down to prevent sick people from arriving, she is stuck and has to share the live of the people of the period, and she catches the sickness, but survives...I can't remember whether she finds the other student or not, and I would like to re-read it. Anyone heard of it? I thought it was called something like "The seventh winter" or "The last winter"... Thanks!! Helene, the froggy from Melbourne
PS: another really good novel about the plague, but in Roman times, this one, is "Household Gods" by Judith Tarr. It is also very funny. It's the story of a modern times American woman who finds herself in Roman Germany, where her ancestors came from, and has to adapt to the life of a taverna (pub) owner. It's wonderful!! I thoroughly recommend it! Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
