Only love can perform a real miracle. Even in the most difficult, cruel times, she gives people hope. Even when the world around is immersed in darkness and chaos, she colors it with bright colors, making life beautiful. “Love and Plague” by Manuel Gonzales is the most touching novel about love for which there are no barriers. It can be compared to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Gabriel García Márquez's Love in the Time of Plague. But the world described by Gonzales is much more cruel and tragic... Byzantium. XII century. Emperor Manuel wants to conquer Venice. To do this, he intends to infect the young Venetian envoys with the plague, and then send them home. And when an epidemic breaks out in Venice, the city can be taken with bare hands. The emperor does not yet know that one of the envoys, Valeriano, loves the same woman as he, Manuel. This means that by infecting the Venetian, he will inevitably endanger his beloved, Giovanna di Ponte...