A Distant Mirror : The Calamitous 14th Century
by Barbara W.Tuchman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in a Like Jacket/Pcl.
- ISBN 10
- 0394400267
- ISBN 13
- 9780394400266
- Seller
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West Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Synopsis
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August —a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute .
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- Bookseller
- Mulberry Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 901425
- Title
- A Distant Mirror : The Calamitous 14th Century
- Author
- Barbara W.Tuchman
- Illustrator
- Maps,B/W and Full Colour Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in a Like Jacket
- Jacket Condition
- Pcl.
- Edition
- Sixth Printing October,1978
- ISBN 10
- 0394400267
- ISBN 13
- 9780394400266
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- History/France 14th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 8vo
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