Culture | Pen v plague
From Napoleon to Vladimir Putin, disease has shaped history
A sacked New York Times reporter takes a global view of disease
Early one morning a New York Times reporter was shaken roughly awake. He was sleeping in a tiny hut, deep in the Cameroonian rainforest. Some local criminals were coming to kidnap him, his guide warned. Both men fled, just in time.
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