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1. Yes. Very great book.

Sat Nov 14, 2020, 06:18 PM

Nov 2020

It also highlighted the class divide, and the way the
nobles of manors controlled the peasants and ended
uprisings.

This was very eye-opening.

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Does anyone remember Barbara Tuchman's book A Distant Mirror? [View all] The Blue Flower Nov 2020 OP

Yes. Very great book. ananda Nov 2020 #1

It was originally published in 1978 before anyone knew about AIDS (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Nov 2020 #2

I stand corrected--thanks The Blue Flower Nov 2020 #7

I do indeed. Read it in my early twenties. Mister Ed Nov 2020 #3

That book has a special place in my heart lanlady Nov 2020 #4

Unless it kills something approaching 1/3 of the population, Crunchy Frog Nov 2020 #5

I Have That Book colsohlibgal Nov 2020 #8

I read it and enjoyed it thoroughly. It's excellent... Hekate Nov 2020 #9

What a coincidence ... earthside Nov 2020 #10

I have never gotten around to reading it, even though I've long intended to. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #11

I love "The Doomsday Book." tblue37 Nov 2020 #13

Yeah. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #15

"To Say Nothing of the Dog" is another of her books that I love. tblue37 Nov 2020 #18

Yes. That's a delight also. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #19

No, but I will now! tblue37 Nov 2020 #20

Yes, do so! PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #22

How did the Bubonic Plague make the Italian Renaissance possible? Celerity Nov 2020 #12

Thanks for the reminder! bif Nov 2020 #21

Yep. jeffreyi Nov 2020 #23