In The Plague Race, Marriott tells the story of the moment when one brave scientist unlocked the mystery at the heart of the disease. This took place in Hong Kong just over a hundred years ago, during an outbreak that threatened the island and, from ther, the world. A tense and frightening race was run by two rival scientists: a Frenchman, Yersinbrave, unpolished and intelligentand the suave Kitasato, unscrupulous, enigmatic, careless. Peppered with anecdotes, facts and terrifying reconstructions of modern plague outbreaks, this book is an absorbing and compelling read.
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Edward Marriott was born in 1966 and works as a journalist and broadcaster. He was shorlisted for the 1996 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award with his first book, THE LOST TRIBE. His second book, WILD SHORE, was publishing to critical acclaim. He lives in London.
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