A Distant Mirror
Subtitle: The Calamitous 14th Century
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, Inc.
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York, USA; Toronto, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 677
Copyright date: 1978
First sentence: Formidable and grand on a hilltop in Picardy, the five towered castle of Coucy dominated the approach to Paris from the north, but whether as guardian or as challenger of the monarchy in the capital was an open question.
Description: Examines the history of fourteenthcentury Europe as background to the life of Enguerrand de Coucy VII, one of the most prominent French knights of that time.