The quote in the same chapter from the fourth-century Roman soldier and historian Ammianus Marcellinus, re: the Antonine Plague, is from Book XXIII of his writings, which are fascinating and available online.
I’m indebted to the books Voyages of the Columbia （ed. Frederic W. Howay） and Scoundrels, Dreamers and Second Sons: British Remittance Men in the Canadian West, by Mark Zuehlke.
With thanks to my agent, Katherine Fausset, and her colleagues at Curtis Brown; my editors—Jennifer Jackson at Knopf in New York City, Sophie Jonathan at Picador in London, and Jennifer Lambert at HarperCollins Canada in Toronto—and their colleagues; my U.K. agent, Anna Webber, and her colleagues at United Agents; Kevin Mandel, Rachel Fershleiser, and Semi Chellas, for reading and commenting on early drafts of this manuscript; and Michelle Jones, my daughter’s nanny, for taking care of my daughter while I wrote this book.
A Note about the Author
Emily St. John Mandel is the author of five previous novels, including The Glass Hotel and Station Eleven. She lives in New York City with her family.