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A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance-Portrait of an Age
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Sterling Pub Co Inc
Publication date October 28, 2014
Pages 317
Binding Hardcover
Edition Ill
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781454908944
ISBN-10 1454908947
Dimensions 1.25 by 7.75 by 9.50 in.
Weight 2.16 lbs.
Original list price $29.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
This beautifully illustrated new color edition of the classic New York Times bestseller brings readers more intimately into the medieval world than ever before.
 
From tales of chivalry and valor to the barbarity of the Inquisition and the devastation of the plague, no era has been a greater source of fascination and horror than the Middle Ages. With extraordinarily crafted prose, acclaimed historian William Manchester takes us on a vividly painted journey into the medieval mind. We travel from the depths of the Dark Ages to the heights of the rebirth that spawned some of history's greatest artists and thinkers—and that eventually ushered the West into the brilliance of the Renaissance. For Manchester, the man who best epitomized this new quest for knowledge in a changing world was Ferdinand Magellan, the great circumnavigator, whose inspiring story Manchester dramatically recounts, along with the stories of countless medieval men and women from every walk of life who influenced and changed the course of history.


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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
Book cover for 9780316545563
 
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
Book cover for 9780786148585 Book cover for 9780786169245
 
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.

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