Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!cbosgd!rew From: rew@cbosgd.UUCP (Bob Warren) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: A DISTANT MIRROR, by Barbara Tuchman Message-ID: <1006@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 13:34:27 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.1006 Posted: Thu Feb 23 13:34:27 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Feb-84 02:54:15 EST References: <923@ihuxr.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 14 I must add a negative note on A DISTANT MIRROR. Although I have enjoyed a number of Tuchman's other books, I found this one tedious. A major part of the book is spent listing things: after the third English invasion of France for which Tuchman listed all the stuff they brought over with them I gave up and returned the book to the library. There were parts of the book that were interesting -- the battle descriptions were fair, as was the treatment of the plague and some of the religious persecution of the time. For a more enjoyable account of 14th century life, try THE ONE ROSE by Umberto Eco. Bob Warren cbosgb!rew