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Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (Paperback)

By Barbara W. Tuchman
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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.

Product Details ISBN-10: 0345349571
ISBN-13: 9780345349576
Published: Ballantine Books, 07/12/1987
Pages: 704
Language: English
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