A Distant Mirror

Author(s): Barbara W. Tuchman

World History

"Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." CommentaryThe 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman anatomizes the century, revealing both the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived.

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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.""

General Fields

  • : 9780345349576
  • : Random House USA Inc
  • : Ballantine Books Inc.
  • : 0.567
  • : July 1991
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : illustrations (some colour), maps
  • : 704
  • : 944
  • : 8707
  • : Paperback
  • : Barbara W. Tuchman