The Black Death (novel)
LC Class | PR6053.O658 B5 1991 | |
The Black Death is a
Gothic novel by English writer Basil Copper. It was originally announced for publication by Arkham House but was ultimately published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1992
in an edition of 1,000 copies of which 100 were numbered and signed by the author and illustrator.
Plot introduction
The novel is set in Victorian England and concerns John Carter, an architect who leaves London to become a junior partner in a prosperous building firm in Thornton Bassett, a village in Dartmoor. His hopes for a new life fade as he discovers a sinister mystery.
Sources
- Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 252.