A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, Tuchman 9780345349576 New^*

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A \u201Cmarvelous history\u201D* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years\u2019 War, by the Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author of The Guns of August\n \n*Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, in The Wall Street Journal\n The fourteenth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering age of crusades, cathedrals, and chivalry; on the other, a world plunged into chaos and spiritual agony. In this revelatory work, Barbara W. Tuchman examines not only the great rhythms of history but the grain and texture of domestic life: 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 re-creates\n\nA Distant Mirror\nThe Calamitous 14th Century\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services;