Barbara Tuchman

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

New York: Knopf, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo., 677 pp. Later print. Index, maps, illustrations, bibliography. Color plates. Briefly inscribed and signed by the author and uncommon thus. Narrative history that won the National Book Award in 1980, Conveys Tuchman's thesis that the death and suffering of the 14th century reflect those of the 20th century, particularly the horrors of World War I and the ominous prospect of nuclear war threatening her time. Very Good with a spine lean idue to the book's weight n Very Good dust jacket. Item #622202632

Price: $150.00