Death Cleared Customs

di Adrian Wycland (Autore)

James Brogan, 2026

Ships arrived. People died. Trade still had bills to pay. In 1347, the Mediterranean's ports became gateways to catastrophe. Wet rope, crowded holds, grain dust, and desperate households formed the working world through which plague moved—and through which officials struggled to respond. Death Cleared Customs follows the Black Death from the disputed siege story at Caffa to Messina's expelled ships, Venice's emergency commission, Alexandria's labor crisis, Marseille's broken households, and London's carefully arranged graves. It ends at Ragusa, where a month of enforced waiting changed the terms of entry. Using the Breached Harbor Framework, Adrian Wycland examines what the records support, what later storytellers embellished, and whose interests survived behind the language of public necessity. The famous corpse catapults face scrutiny. Alleged bribery faces an evidence test. Ordinary legal decisions emerge as disturbing parts of the story. Cynical about power and attentive to the people doing the work, this is a sensory investigation into a connected world that kept moving while its safeguards failed.

• Autore: Adrian Wycland
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: James Brogan
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235813397