epidemic

Already finished The Stand and World War Z and looking for more books to occupy your time during lockdown? Take a look at some lesser-known novels about plague outbreaks that might just help you pass the time – or push you further into…

Mary Mallon, a woman whose name became synonymous with death and disease, was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, in 1869. An ironic birthplace, given that it was as a cook that she would become infamous. She emigrated to America in 1884…