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Author Marriott, Edward, 1966-

Title The plague race : a tale of fear, science and heroism / Edward Marriott
Edition Paperback edition
Published London : Picador, 2002

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Description 275 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm
regular print
Summary Edward Marriott tells the story of the moment when one brave scientist unlocked the enigma at the heart of the plague. A tense and frightening race was run by two rival scientists: the French Yersin - rough but intelligent - and the suave Kitasako - unscrupulous, popular - and just plain wrong
Subject Kitazato, Shibasaburō, 1853-1931.
Yersin, Alexandre, 1863-1943.
Plague -- Research -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 19th century.
Plague -- History.
Plague -- History.
Disease Outbreaks -- history.
Plague -- history.
History, 19th Century.
SUBJECT Hong Kong. (Plague)
Hong Kong. (History, 19th Century)
Hong Kong. (Disease Outbreaks)
Hong Kong (China) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92004431
Genre/Form History.
Fiction.
ISBN 0330483196 paperback
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