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A World Lit Only by Fire
- The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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A World Lit Only by Fire
Narrated by:
Barrett Whitener
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Publisher's Summary
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 Ages. In handsomely crafted prose and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth, the Renaissance. The latter was a dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, and painters, as well as some of its most spectacular villains.
©1979, 1980 William Manchester (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc.
Critic Reviews
"An absorbing and readable history." (School Library Journal)
"Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born." (Chicago Tribune)
"Manchester has not forgotten the skills that, with invective, eloquence, and anecdote, make him a master storyteller."(Kirkus Reviews)