I have those, uh, around here somewhere. I got the audiobook of Distant Mirror out of the library years ago and got bogged down in the description of the 100 years war warriors and their history. Probably should have bounced into some later chapter disks. Or, just ripped it into MP3 for later.
I understand, audio book is an easier format.
Don’t give up on the book, though.
Tuchman tells the story of the14th century in France, when France was the great power of Western Civilization. She writes the story of the 14th century through a larger than life real-life character, Engerand De Coucy.
His family in Northwest France built the largest castle tower ever built in Europe, possibly anywhere. The size of a modern day skyscraper.
The castle and donjon survived until about 100 years ago when the retreating Kaiser’s armies filled it with explosives and blew it up, out of spite.
The castle and tower dominated the skyline of Northwest France for over 500 years.
Tuchman’s scholarship is impeccable, one of the great historians of the 20th century.
All of her books are thoroughly researched and take years to write.
She spent 5 years in France researching “ A Distant Mirror”, examining ancient documents in the original French.
Truly an astonishing work.
Cheers….