Daragh's review
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Daragh's review
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Daragh's review
rating:
recommended for: anyone who wants to understand who we are
I first started this book when I was a student at University College Dublin, Ireland in 1985. I had no idea what the medieval world was like having never learned anything about it in secondary school. I was fascinated with the chapter on the Church and the Black Death. Also the Poll Tax Revolt was very interesting.
I am now reading it again in downloadable audiobook format and I'm enjoying it very much. This is very readable history. It makes my hour long commute the best part of my day!
I am now reading it again in downloadable audiobook format and I'm enjoying it very much. This is very readable history. It makes my hour long commute the best part of my day!
