A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
Age band: 18+
Looky Rating System: Violence 4/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 0/5, Language 1/5, Substance Use 1/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
Updated with a new foreword by Tom Hanks: acclaimed historian William Manchester A World Lit Only by Fire is a "captivating and marvelously vivid" popular history of the Middle Ages (Publishers Weekly).From 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.