Title: Unfocussed and irrational
Product review: Rather than attempting to present a well developed history of the plague in medieval Europe, Prof. Cantor chooses to discuss the evolution of the pestilence in terms of its cultural, economic and scientific ramifications. This is a worthy goal but, in Prof. Cantor's hands, one which offers no revelations. The very few interesting and valuable insights this book provides are easily obscured by irrelevant (though sometimes interesting) tangents, sloppy reasoning, unjustified conclusions, meaningless theological and cultural gibberish and, surprising for one of Prof. Cantor's scholarship, serious factual errors. None is more egregious than his casual observation that vast amounts of extraterrestial bacteria and viruses fall to the earth from outer space.Although short, this work is still far too long. Avoid it like, well, you know.
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