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Barbara W. Tuchman

A Distant Mirror

The Calamitous 14th Century

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A marvelous history* of medieval Europe, from the bubonic plague and the Papal Schism to the Hundred Years' War, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August *Lawrence Wright, author of The End of October, in The Wall Street Journal 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 d… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-345-34957-6
  • EAN: 9780345349576
  • Produktnummer: 9138918
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 1987
  • Seitenangabe: 784 S.
  • Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.2 cm x D4.5 cm 604 g
  • Gewicht: 604

Über den Autor


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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