![]() ![]() Meanwhile in 2054, an influenza pandemic hits Oxford, complicating efforts to bring Kivrin home and providing eerie parallels to her circumstances in the past. Stranded in what she slowly realizes is the Black Death pandemic, she rises to the occasion as a loving caretaker for the small community she is in. She’s also not quite when she expected to be. What Kivrin discovers is that her training has hardly prepared her for the reality she finds. But Kivrin convinces a colleague to let her go anyway… ![]() Problem is the Middle Ages have always been deemed too dangerous for direct study by Oxford’s history department, which uses a machine that will send people back only to times and places unlikely to create paradoxes. Kivrin Engle is a promising young historian in 2054 determined to visit her chosen period of expertise: the 14th century. We will also be publishing Connie's To Say Nothing of the Dog and Lincoln's Dreams. Our edition will be printed in two colors throughout, with a full-color wraparound dust jacket, full-color endpapers, and a chapter head illustration by Jon Foster. We’re pleased to present a signed limited edition of Connie Willis’ seminal Doomsday Book, the first novel in her linked series of Oxford Time Travel stories. We strongly suggest you choose to ship via Priority Mail or UPS. ![]() Note Two: W e cannot be responsible for copies of Doomsday Book shipped via media mail. Note One: There is a limit of one copy per edition per person/household. Dust jacket, endsheets, and chapter head illustration by Jon Foster ![]()
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