A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
by William Manchester
Paperback- $9.37
From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle ...
by William Manchester
Paperback- $9.37
From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle ...
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This is a dreadful, tedious and salacious book purporting to be an historical account. The main theme describes lurid details of early Catholic popes. The chapter on Magellan was somewhat more interesting.
There are many inaccuracies and countless lists of names -- 8, 10, even 28 in one paragraph.
Don't be seduced by the author's fame. (His Churchill books were excellent).
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