SIMON SCHAMA’s Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations investigates the tangled history of pandemics and vaccines through the 18th and 19th centuries, from smallpox in London to the plague in India. In The World: A Family History of Humanity, SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE chronicles great dynasties, from the Caesars to the Kennedys, linking themes of war, migration, plague, religion, and technology.
Buy Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations. – Schama
Buy The World: A Family History of Humanity. – Montefiore