The Black Death (novel)
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| The Black Death | |
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 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author(s) | Basil Copper |
| Illustrator | Stefanie Hawks |
| Cover artist | Stefanie Hawks |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Gothic novel, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Fedogan & Bremer |
| Publication date | 1992 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 373 pp |
| ISBN | 1-878252-04-6 |
| OCLC Number | 25615406 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823/.914 20 |
| LC Classification | PR6053.O658 B5 1991 |
The Black Death is a Gothic novel by author Basil Copper. It was originally announced for publication by Arkham House but was ultimately published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1992 in an edition of 1,000 copies of which 100 were numbered and signed by the author and illustrator.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel is set in Victorian England and concerns John Carter, an architect who leaves London to become a junior partner in a prosperous building firm in Thornton Bassett, a village in Dartmoor. His hopes for a new life fade as he discovers a sinister mystery.
[edit] References
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- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. pp. 252.
