{"product_id":"a-world-lit-only-by-william-manchester-9780316545563","title":"A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eUpdated with a new foreword by Tom Hanks: acclaimed historian William Manchester \u003ci\u003eA World Lit Only by Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis a \"captivating and marvelously vivid\" popular history of the Middle Ages (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of the Inquisition and the misery of the Black Death, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In graceful prose, and with the authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth during the Renaissance, a dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains. The result is an unforgettable journey into the medieval mind, as Manchester ingeniously re-creates the lives of ordinary people and offers vivid portraits of the era's most astonishing figures, such as Galileo, Machiavelli, Anne Boleyn, and Ferdinand Magellan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Manchester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316545562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316545563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/03\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/1999","brand":"William Manchester","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049362551039,"sku":"9780316545563","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d192b348-3db3-4985-8126-21a196fa461d.jpg?v=1685001150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-world-lit-only-by-william-manchester-9780316545563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}