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Manchester: A World Lit Only by Fire (Hardcover, 1993)
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Publisher Date:-24/06/1993.
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A lively and engaging history of the Middle Ages (Dallas Morning News) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last Lion. From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of the Inquisition and the misery of the Black Death, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In graceful prose, and with the authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth during the Renaissance, a dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains. The result is an unforgettable journey into the medieval mind, as Manchester ingeniously re-creates the lives of ordinary people and offers vivid portraits of the era's most astonishing figures, such as Galileo, Machiavelli, Anne Boleyn, and Ferdinand Magellan. Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born. --Chicago TribuneProduct Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown & Company
ISBN-100316545562
ISBN-139780316545563
eBay Product ID (ePID)88883249
Product Key Features
Book TitleManchester: a World Lit only by Fire
FormatPaperback, Hardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLocal History, History & Military
Publication Year1993
GenreLocal History, Names & Genealogy
Number of Pages322 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height210mm
Item Width139mm
Weight388g
Height210mm
Width139mm
Item Weight388g
Additional Product Features
Spine24mm
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
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- 06 Jul, 2016
A wonderful time machine of a book taking you to an alien world of the past where everything was different.
Beautifully written, expertly researched and really compelling "A World Lit Only By Fire" travels into the real lives of a wide cross section of medieval society, not just, as is so often the case, the rich and famous. A "sex and drugs and rock n roll" portrait of a world so different from our own in so many fundamental ways that stagger as well as inform. Great book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 15 Jun, 2016
A stimulating and riveting read
This book lit a fire within me! So much interesting historical fact delivered in a compelling way. It has nurtured a need for further knowledge.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
