The Human Condition with Lisa Gregory

The Author, the Pandemic and Writing in Real Time

November 04, 2020 Lisa Gregory / Heather Quinlan Season 2 Episode 8
The Human Condition with Lisa Gregory
The Author, the Pandemic and Writing in Real Time
Show Notes

Heather Quinlan was in the midst of working on her book, "Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses" when Covid 19 hit. And the author unexpectedly found herself writing about a pandemic in real time. In her book, she provides a front-row seat for readers to the challenges of the current pandemic while also exploring the history of those decimating diseases that came before it. Heather takes us on a journey of how disease and death shaped the Renaissance and influenced the Treaty of Paris and how lemonade and gerbils played their part in past plagues.