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. Hong Kong. (Plague) Hong Kong. (History, 19th Century) Hong Kong. (Disease Outbreaks) Hong Kong (China) Genre/Form History. Fiction. ISBN 0330483196 paperback 0330483188 :

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