{"product_id":"a-world-lit-only-by-fire-the-medieval-mind-and-the-renaissance-portrait-of-an-age-9780316545310","title":"A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"lively and engaging\" history of the Middle Ages (\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lion\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Manchester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.26w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316545310","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709422833801,"sku":"9780316545310","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_11c7b128-59e9-444e-9c78-ccf10c93be2b.jpg?v=1719515892","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-world-lit-only-by-fire-the-medieval-mind-and-the-renaissance-portrait-of-an-age-9780316545310","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}