A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th CenturyClassic · History, Nonfiction, Medieval
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
1978 · 714 pages · Nonfiction
55
Classic
★ 4.05 on Goodreads · 46K ratings
≈ 18 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1980). 4.05★ from 46K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
55Must-Read Score
- Critics51 out of 100 · counts 35%+20
- Readers60 out of 100 · counts 50%+35
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #95 of the 220 history books we rank
- #131 of the 296 classics we rank
- #408 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1980)
Reads as
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