A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman 1978 First Edition

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. 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; and how money, taxes, and war dominated the lives of serfs, nobles, and clergy alike. 

Title: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 
Author: Barbara W. Tuchman 
Publisher: Borzoi Book Alfred A Knopf New York 
Publication Date: 1978 
Edition: First edition 
Binding: Hardcover, untrimmed fore-edge 
Language: English 
Illustrated: 31 illustrations, 8 color plates, 30 illustrations 
Condition: Please see the images 
Printing: First printing 
Pages: 720 
Measures approximately: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 2 inches (21.5 x 14.5 x 5 cm.) 
Interests: Medieval Europe, bubonic plague, Papal Schism, Hundred Years’ War, History, French History, English History 

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