Rats: Beware they bite

by Ruth Kelly

The times are hard in 1300s Dublin, Rose is a 12 year old girl who has to marry. Tobias is 13 and he works on the walls, keeping Dublin safe from attack. Life is lived in constant fear of death but family and friends keep Tobias and Rose happy.Rats are breeding like rabbits and are all over the city, they make Rose shudder when they are in the wells, playing on the streets and clambering all over the food. Although this story is set in Medieval Times there is a strong parallel to today, we have Covid 19 they had bubonic Plague. We wear masks they locked people into their homes. Rats is a tale of the Dublin plague told in two voices and only the fast can scuttle out of the City to save themselves if they can read the signs.Explore the sights, sounds and most of all smells of a long ago Dublin in the streets where we still live.If you like the book take the Rats tour with Walk Dublin, www.walkdublin.ie and see the Instagram stories @WalkDublin

116 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2017

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[Bill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this book in 2024 before a tour of Dublin.