A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century by Barbara W. Tuchman - 05/18/1989

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London: Macmillan, 1994. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This vivid panorama - revealing the extraordinary world of western Europe between 1300 and 1450 in evocative portrait and telling detail - has been acclaimed as the author's finest achievement..

Papermac, London, 1989. Reprint. Softcover. Good. Illustrator: Various. Acknowledgements, list of maps, foreword by author, bibliography, reference notes and index. The text is illustrated with 4 maps. Colour illustrated paperback binding with blue and black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. The 14th century were the years when the Black death struck four times, accounting, by the end of the century, for nearly half the population between India and Iceland; When the Hundred Years War between England and France was an epic of brutality and bravery chequered by disgrace; when freebooting companies of brigands terrorised Europe, destroying whatever plague and famine had passed by; when the ideals of chivalry are crumbling under the impact of new weapons, new tactics and knightly folly; when Papal Schism rent the Christian world,, with the Pope and anti-pope excommunicating each other's followers. Minor creasing of the book corners with rubbing of… Read More

Papermac, 1989-05-18. Paperback. Very Good. 4.0609 cent in x 21.5736 cent in x 13.7056 cent in. FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail