The Third Horseman

<b>The incredible true story of how a cycle of rain cold disease and warfare created the worst famine in European history&#151;years before the Black Death from the author of <i>Justinian's Flea </i>and the forthcoming <i>Miracle Cure</i></b><br><br>In May 1315 it started to rain. For the seven disastrous years that followed Europeans would be visited by a series of curses unseen since the third book of Exodus: floods ice failures of crops and cattle and epidemics not just of disease but of pike sword and spear. All told six million lives&#151;one-eighth of Europe&#146;s total population&#151;would be lost.<br><br>With a category-defying knowledge of science and history William Rosen tells the stunning story of the oft-overlooked Great Famine with wit and drama and demonstrates what it all means for today&#146;s discussions of climate change.