Black Death Book (Preview & Listeners Discount)

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

Ireland, Irish History, Norman Invasion, Great Hunger, Vikings, Interviews, History, War Of Independence, Great Famine

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2016

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

'1348: A Medieval Apocalypse' will immerse you in a fascinating and forgotten world. Late medieval Ireland was a land ravaged by invasion, famine and disease where history proves stranger than fiction.

The book begins in 1315 when a Scots army invaded Ulster triggering three years of devastating war and famine. Ireland had scarcely recovered before the greatest killer in recorded human history – The Black Death – struck in 1348. Life would never be the same again. As this devastating plague swept through Ireland’s cities and towns, many believed they were facing the end of the world.

Telling the story of eight individuals who lived through such chaotic times, the book is laced with evocative details from daily life in late medieval Ireland.

From the life of James Butler, the Earl of the Ormond to that of Johanna Stackpoll (a previously unknown Dublin widow unearthed in research) this book will fascinate and unnerve in equal measure.

Some people were survivors, others were less fortunate, their stories are all fascinating.

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's show stems from the fact that this week I released my new book 1348 on Medieval Apocalypse,
0:37.0	The Black Death in Ireland.
0:39.0	This episode has an extract from the audiobook and more importantly by a way of thank you to all
0:45.6	the listeners of the podcast I have details on how you can get a special 20% discount
0:51.5	on the audiobook of 1348 a medieval apocalypse.
0:56.6	This book available in hardback, audio and e-book wouldn't and couldn't have happened without
1:02.0	you the listeners.
1:04.0	Some of you have funded the book, offered advice, shared posts and helped to grow the
1:09.2	listenership of the podcast.
1:11.8	This has been integral, more important than any other part in getting the book
1:15.8	from an idea in my head to where it is today, so I am deeply grateful. As a way to say thanks, there's a special 20% discount on the audiobook as I said for
1:27.2	listeners to the show. So go to Irish History Podcast.
1:31.6	dot i.e now and click the link on the home page for the book.
1:35.7	When you're buying the audiobook, use the coupon code listener and you'll get 20% off. This is only four listeners of the show and will only be available for a few weeks.
1:47.5	So go to Irishhistory podcast.e and use that coupon code, listener and get your discount. You have after all helped to
1:57.1	create this book. Now for an extract from the book as As the title suggests, 1348 and medieval apocalypse looks at what happened
2:07.3	when the greatest killer in recorded history, the plague, struck Ireland in 1348. This book focuses on the lives of eight people
2:17.0	who lived through the 14th century, one of the most difficult, violent and hard centuries in the last thousand years and that's even before the
2:26.4	plague arrived. Of these eight people, some were survivors, others were not falling victim to war or disease along the way.
2:36.2	However, all their stories are fascinating.
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