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A Distant Mirror
The Calamitous 14th Century
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A classic history of fourteenth-century Europe, from the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Guns of August.
The fourteenth century was a time of fabled crusades and chivalry, glittering cathedrals and grand castles. It was also a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague.
Here, Barbara Tuchman masterfully reveals the two contradictory images of the age, examining the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived—what childhood was like; what marriage meant; how money, taxes and war dominated the lives of serf, noble and clergy alike.
Granting her subjects their loyalties, treacheries and guilty passions, Tuchman recreates the lives of proud cardinals, university scholars, grocers and clerks, saints and mystics, lawyers and mercenaries, and, above all, knights. The result is an astonishing reflection of medieval Europe, a historical tour de force.
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A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman is lauded as a remarkable historical narrative, showcasing the author's exceptional skill and scholarly precision. Multiple reviews highlight Tuchman's ability to vividly depict the period with her wise and engaging prose, placing this work among the upper echelon of historical writing.
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ISBN: 9780241972977
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 October 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 48.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 538g
Pages: 784
About the Author
Barbara Tuchman achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmerman Telegram and international fame with the Pulitzer-Prize winning The Guns of August. She is also the author of The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (also awarded the Pulitzer Prize), A Distant Mirror and The March of Folly. She died in 1989. The Guns of August and The Proud Tower are published by Penguin.
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