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"Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." Commentary The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman anatomizes the century, revealing both the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived.
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A Distant Mirror, Barbara Tuchman
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- Released
- 1979
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- Title
- A Distant Mirror
- Subtitle
- The Calamitous 14th Century
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Barbara Tuchman
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Released
- 1979
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 677
- ISBN10
- 0345283945
- ISBN13
- 9780345283948
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, History, Military History, France, Military Fiction, Wars, Great Britain, Europe, History of Europe, Cultural History, 14th Century, Plague, Crusades, Late Middle Ages, English People, French people
- First published
- 1978
- Original title
- A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- "Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." Commentary The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman anatomizes the century, revealing both the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived.