Title: Very Disappointing
Product review: This book is marred by endless digressions and what I can only call blather. The narrative jumps back and forth in time. The reader is treated to discussions ranging from St. Augustine's misogyny to the partition of Poland in the 1790s. In one of these digresssions the author exposes his ignorance of the origin of Jewish surnames and unfortunetly perpetuates the myth that officers at Ellis Island gave immigrants their surnames. The most interesting parts of this book are the too few descriptions of what happened to several family fortunes as a result of the plague and bad legal manueverings. The most valuable part is the annotated bibliography which I will use to find a more worthwhile book on the Black Plague.
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