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A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age
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Hardcover
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Ill edition from Sterling Pub Co Inc (October 28, 2014); titled "A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance-Portrait of an Age"
9781454908944 | details & prices | 317 pages | 7.75 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 2.16 lbs | List price $29.95
About: This beautifully illustrated new color edition of the classic New York Times bestseller brings readers more intimately into the medieval world than ever before.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Back Bay Books (June 1, 1993)
9780316545563 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Chronicles the historical transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, profiling the age's leading figures and noting key events and accomplishments
from Little Brown & Co (June 1, 1993)
9789990057966 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $0.02
Cassette/Spoken Word
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With Barrett Whitener (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (March 1, 2007); titled "A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age"
9780786148585 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.25 × 2.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Chronicles the historical transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and focuses on riveting figures of the era--such as Leonardo da Vinci, Lucrezia Borgia, Henry VIII, and others--and notes key events and accomplishments.
With Barrett Whitener (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (March 1, 2007)
9780786169245 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.25 × 2.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $72.95
About: Chronicles the collapse of the Dark Ages and the achievements of thought and imagination that constituted the Renaissance, profiling the age's leading figures and noting key events and accomplishments.
Prebinding
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from Turtleback Books (June 1, 1993)
9781417707690 | details & prices | List price $28.15
About: William Manchester's A World Lit Only by Fire is the preeminent popular history of civilization's rebirth after the Dark Ages.