A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th century
by Tuchman, Barbara W
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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 the edges and panels. Black remainder stripe to the lower text edge with age toning of the text block edges and panels. Size: Trade Paperback. 677, [5] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Medieval 10th to 15thc; ISBN: 0333443292. ISBN/EAN: 9780333443293. Inventory No: 0290565. . 9780333443293
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Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August —a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute .
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- Title
- A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th century
- Author
- Tuchman, Barbara W
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0333443292
- ISBN 13
- 9780333443293
- Publisher
- Papermac
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- BZDB2 history, Middle Ages, mediaeval, Europe History; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Various Unbranded ISBN: 0333443292 EAN: 9780333443293 Tuchman, Barbara W. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th century
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