"King Death: The Black Death and its Aftermath in Late-Medieval England" provides a synthetic historical analysis of the social and economic transformations triggered by the Black Death beginning in 1348. The book examines the catastrophic demographic collapse caused by the plague and traces its long-term effects on English society. Platt analyses mortality patterns, population decline and the restructuring of rural and urban economies that followed the pandemic. Particular attention is given to labour shortages, changing patterns of landholding, and the renegotiation of social relationships between landlords, peasants and urban populations. The study also considers the influence of the plague on religious belief, cultural attitudes toward death and the institutional responses of both secular and ecclesiastical authorities. Architectural and archaeological evidence is integrated with documentary sources to reconstruct everyday life in a society repeatedly threatened by epidemic disease. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the book demonstrates how the Black Death profoundly reshaped late medieval England and contributed to long-term structural changes in demography, economy and social organisation. Colin Platt is a British historian and archaeologist specialising in medieval social and architectural history. He served as professor of medieval history and has published extensively on the development of medieval towns, social structures and the built environment of medieval Britain.