num_pages: 697
description: '"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.
language: English
title: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
titlecomplete: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
characters: Enguerrand de Coucy
genres: Historical, Medieval History, Audiobook, History, France, Medieval, European History, World History, 14th Century, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 40439
places: France
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: History (Paperback), awardedAt: 315561600000
name: ASJA Outstanding Book Award, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (NY)