EAN: 9780861545186

THE EMPRESS AND THE ENGLISH DOCTOR - LUCY WARD ...

The astonishing true story of how Catherine the Great joined forces with a Quaker doctor from
Essex to spearhead one of the first global public health campaigns. A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022
SO FAR Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2022 ‘Sparkling history…with a fairytale
atmosphere of sleigh rides  royal palaces and heroic risk-taking’ The Times A killer virus…an
all-powerful Empress…an encounter cloaked in secrecy…the astonishing true story. Within living
memory  smallpox was a dreaded disease. Over human history it has killed untold millions. Back
in the eighteenth century  as epidemics swept Europe  the first rumours emerged of an effective
treatment: a mysterious method called inoculation. But a key problem remained: convincing
people to accept the preventative remedy  the forerunner of vaccination. Arguments raged over
risks and benefits  and public resistance ran high. As smallpox ravaged her empire and
threatened her court  Catherine the Great took the momentous decision to summon the Quaker
physician Thomas Dimsdale to St Petersburg to carry out a secret mission that would transform
both their lives. Lucy Ward expertly unveils the extraordinary story of Enlightenment ideals 
female leadership and the fight to promote science over superstition. ‘A rich and wonderfully
urgent work of history’ Tristram Hunt

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