num_pages: 321
description: Spring 1666: when the Great Plague reaches the quiet Derbyshire village of Eyam, the villagers make an extraordinary decision. They elect to isolate themselves in a fateful quarantine. So begins the Year of Wonders, seen through eighteen-year-old Anna Frith’s eyes as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit love. Based on a true story, this novel explores love and learning, fear and fanaticism, and the struggles of seventeenth-century science and religion to interpret the world at the cusp of the modern era.
language: English
title: Year of Wonders
titlecomplete: Year of Wonders
characters: Michael Mompellion, Elinor Mompellion, Anna Frith
genres: Historical, Adult, Novels, Literary Fiction, Book Club, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Audiobook, Adult Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 158666
places: Eyam, Derbyshire, England, Derbyshire, England, England
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Harper Perennial