| The Black Death | |
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Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author(s) | Basil Copper |
| Illustrator | Stefanie Hawks |
| Cover artist | Stefanie Hawks |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Gothic novel, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Fedogan & Bremer |
| Publication date | 1992 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 373 pp |
| ISBN | 1-878252-04-6 |
| OCLC Number | 25615406 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823/.914 20 |
| LC Classification | PR6053.O658 B5 1991 |
The Black Death is a Gothic novel by author Basil Copper. It was originally announced for publication by Arkham House but was ultimately published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1992 in an edition of 1,000 copies of which 100 were numbered and signed by the author and illustrator.
The novel is set in Victorian England and concerns John Carter, an architect who leaves London to become a junior partner in a prosperous building firm in Thornton Bassett, a village in Dartmoor. His hopes for a new life fade as he discovers a sinister mystery.