Distant Mirror: The Destructive 14th Century

Distant Mirror: The Destructive 14th Century

Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989) - an American writer and historian. Twice a Pulitzer Prize winner, author of "The Guns of August" and "The March of Folly." The 14th century - a turning point. One of the darkest and most mysterious centuries... not only in French but also in European history. A time of the "Avignon Papacy," the Hundred Years' War, the pandemic of the "Black Death," which claimed the lives of a third of Europe's population, the short and bloody Jacquerie, and the flourishing of many bizarre heresies. A time of violence and lawlessness, hunger and devastation, disbelief and despair. But life continues even in the darkest times… Before the reader is a unique book, in which the author transforms the history of the de Coucy family into a peculiar mirror reflecting the very history of the 14th century…

Author: ТАКМАН Б.

Printhouse: AST

Series: Exclusive Classic

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2024

ISBN: 9785171610548

Number of pages: 896

Size: 180x117x37 mm

Cover type: soft

Weight: 430 g

ID: 1625663

Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989) - an American writer and historian. Twice a Pulitzer Prize winner, author of "The Guns of August" and "The March of Folly." The 14th century - a turning point. One of the darkest and most mysterious centuries not only in French but also in European history. A time of the "Avignon Papacy," the Hundred Years' War, the pandemic of the "Black Death," which claimed the lives of a third of Europe's population, the short and bloody Jacquerie, and the flourishing of many bizarre heresies. A time of violence and lawlessness, hunger and devastation, disbelief and despair. But life continues even in the darkest times… Before the reader is a unique book, in which the author transforms the history of the de Coucy family into a peculiar mirror reflecting the very history of the 14th century…

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