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BiblioBazaar, 2007-07-09 Spine Wear. See our Terms of Sale for a detailed description of condition notes. Paperback. Used - Very Good., BiblioBazaar, 2007-07-09 Spine Wear. See our T, 3, Paperback. Good., 2.5, Paperback. Very Good., 3, US: Berkley, 2002. Paperback. Good. Mary Jo Putney declared Jo Beverley "a born storyteller" after reading Lord of My Heart, and Roberta Gellis praised it "a delightful book with warm, l ively characters-an exciting pleasure to read." Now, at last, this classic romance is back in print.... To save her barony from ruin, Madeleine de la Haute Vironge must wed one of a trio of lords offered by King William. A shocking twist of fate impels t he convent-bred beauty into the arms of the most dangerous of the three-a m agnificent, exciting stranger Madeleine desires...but also fears. Torn between familial loyalties and devotion to his king, handsome Aimery de Gaillard prowls the forest as the Golden Hart, devoted to helping the common English folk. But the beautiful young heiress he is honor bound to marry suspects his secret, threatening his cause and his life. Yet his noble heart, hardened by mistrust, aches with passion for Madeleine's sensuous innocence-entreating the daring outlaw to surrender to the glory, the rapture...and the peril of love., Berkley, 2002, 2.5, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. The Modern Students Library. Stories include: "The Castle of Otranto" (1764) by Horace Walpole; "Vathek" (1786) by William Beckford; and "The Romance of the Forest" (1791) by Mrs. Ann Radcliffe. With an introduction by Harrison R. Steeves. 585 pp. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and image on front. Missing DJ. Cover corners, particularly bottom, are bumped and rubbed. Edges rubbed. Spine tips are bent and fraying. Previous owner's bookplate adhered on front inside cover. Front hinge broken at title page. Interior is tight and clean. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. Cloth. Good + to Very Good-/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 4 1/2 " x 6 3/4". Anthology., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931, 2.75, Papermac. Good. 5.31 x 1.42 x 8.46 inches. Paperback. 1989. 704 pages. Cover worn. Corners bumped. Text tanned<br>The fourtee nth century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry , and the exquisitely decorated Books of Hours; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague. Barbara Tuchman reveals both the great rhythms of histor y and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived. Her e are the guilty passions, loyalties and treacheries, political a ssassinations, sea battles and sieges, corruption in high places and a yearning for reform, satire and humor, sorcery and demonolo gy, and lust and sadism on the stage. Here are proud cardinals, b eggars, feminists, university scholars, grocers, bankers, mercena ries, mystics, lawyers and tax collectors, and, dominating all, t he knight in his valor and furious follies, a terrible worm in an iron cocoon. Editorial Reviews Amazon Review In this sweep ing historical narrative, Barbara Tuchman writes of the cataclysm ic 14th century, when the energies of medieval Europe were devote d to fighting internecine wars and warding off the plague. Some m edieval thinkers viewed these disasters as divine punishment for mortal wrongs; others, more practically, viewed them as opportuni ties to accumulate wealth and power. One of the latter, whose lif e informs much of Tuchman's book, was the French nobleman Enguerr and de Coucy, who enjoyed the opulence and elegance of the courtl y tradition while ruthlessly exploiting the peasants under his th rall. Tuchman looks into such events as the Hundred Years War, th e collapse of the medieval church, and the rise of various heresi es, pogroms, and other events that caused medieval Europeans to w onder what they had done to deserve such horrors. --This text ref ers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Rev iew Beautifully written, careful and thorough in its scholarship . . . What Ms. Tuchman does superbly is to tell how it was. . . . No one has ever done this better.--The New York Review of Books A beautiful, extraordinary book . . . Tuchman at the top of her powers . . . She has done nothing finer.--The Wall Street Journal Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . a great book, in a great histo rical tradition.--Commentary --This text refers to an out of prin t or unavailable edition of this title. From the Publisher Anyon e who has read THE GUNS OF AUGUST or STILWELL AND THE AMERICAN EX PERIENCE IN CHINA, knows that Barbara Tuchman was one of the most gifted American writers of this century. Her subject was history , but her profiles of great men and great events are drawn with s uch power that reading Tuchman becomes a riveting experience In A DISTANT MIRROR, Barbara Tuchman illuminates the Dark Ages. Her description of medieval daily life, the role of the church, the i nfluence of the Great Plagues, and the social and political conve ntions that make this period of history so engrossing, are carefu lly woven into an integrated narrative that sweeps the reader alo ng. I am a particular devotee of medieval and pre Renaissance mu sic, so Barbara Tuchman's brilliant analysis of this period has s pecial meaning for me - and I hope for many others. George David son, Director of Production, The Ballantine Publishing Group --Th is text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A g reat book, in a great historical tradition. Commentary The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark tim e of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos o f war, fear and the Plague. Barbara Tuchman anatomizes the centur y, revealing both the great rhythms of history and the grain and texture of domestic life as it was lived. --This text refers to a n out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the A uthor Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989), American historian, was bo rn in New York City and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1933. A self-trained historian, she was a writer for the Nation and an editor for the US Office of War Information. In her later years she was a lecturer at Harvard and the US Naval War College. She w on the Pulitzer Prize in 1963 for The Guns of August and in 1972 for Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45. She w as awarded the 1978 Gold Medal for History from the American Acad emy of Arts and Letters. Wanda McCaddon (a.k.a. Nadia May or Don ada Peters) has narrated well over six hundred titles for major a udiobook publishers, has earned numerous Earphones Awards, and wa s named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Excerpt . ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 I Am the Sire de Coucy: The Dynasty Formidable and grand on a hillto p in Picardy, the five-towered castle of Coucy dominated the appr oach to Paris from the north, but whether as guardian or as chall enger of the monarchy in the capital was an open question. Thrust ing up from the castle's center, a gigantic cylinder rose to twic e the height of the four corner towers. This was the donjon or ce ntral citadel, the largest in Europe, the mightiest of its kind e ver built in the Middle Ages or thereafter. Ninety feet in diamet er, 180 feet high, capable of housing a thousand men in a siege, it dwarfed and protected the castle at its base, the clustered ro ofs of the town, the bell tower of the church, and the thirty tur rets of the massive wall enclosing the whole complex on the hill. Travelers coming from any direction could see this colossus of b aronial power from miles away and, on approaching it, feel the aw e of the traveler in infidel lands at first sight of the pyramids . Seized by grandeur, the builders had carried out the scale of the donjon in interior features of more than mortal size: risers of steps were fifteen to sixteen inches, window seats three and a half feet from the ground, as if for use by a race of titans. St one lintels measuring two cubic yards were no less heroic. For mo re than four hundred years the dynasty reflected by these arrange ments had exhibited the same quality of excess. Ambitious, danger ous, not infrequently ferocious, the Coucys had planted themselve s on a promontory of land which was formed by nature for command. Their hilltop controlled passage through the valley of the Ailet te to the greater valley of the Oise. From here they had challeng ed kings, despoiled the Church, departed for and died on crusades , been condemned and excommunicated for crimes, progressively enl arged their domain, married royalty, and nurtured a pride that to ok for its battle cry, Coucy à la merveille! Holding one of the f our great baronies of France, they scorned territorial titles and adopted their motto of simple arrogance, Roi ne suis, Ne princ e ne duc ne comte aussi; Je suis le sire de Coucy. (Not king no r prince, Duke nor count am I; I am the lord of Coucy.) Begun in 1223, the castle was a product of the same architectural explo sion that raised the great cathedrals whose impulse, too, sprang from northern France. Four of the greatest were under constructio n, at the same time as the castle--at Laon, Reims, Amiens, and Be auvais, within fifty miles of Coucy. While it took anywhere from 50 to 150 years to finish building a cathedral, the vast works of Coucy with donjon, towers, ramparts, and subterranean network we re completed, under the single compelling will of Enguerrand de C oucy III, in the astonishing space of seven years. The castle co mpound enclosed a space of more than two acres. Its four corner t owers, each 90 feet high and 65 in diameter, and its three outer sides were built flush with the edge of the hill, forming the ram parts. The only entrance to the compound was a fortified gate on the inner side next to the donjon, protected by guard towers, moa t, and portcullis. The gate opened onto the place d'armes, a wall ed space of about six acres, containing stables and other service buildings, tiltyard, and pasture for the knights' horses. Beyond this, where the hill widened out like the tail of a fish, lay th e town of perhaps a hundred houses and a square-towered church. T hree fortified gates in the outer wall encircling the hilltop com manded access to the outside world. On the south side facing Sois sons, the hill fell away in a steep, easily defensible slope; on the north facing Laon, where the hill merged with the plateau, a great moat made an added barrier. Within walls eighteen to thirt y feet thick, a spiral staircase connected the three stories of t he donjon. An open hole or eye in the roof, repeated in the vault ed ceiling of each level, added a little extra light and air to t he gloom, and enabled arms and provisions to be hoisted from floo r to floor without the necessity of climbing the stairs. By the s ame means, orders could be given vocally to the entire garrison a t one time. As many as 1,200 to 1,500 men-at-arms could assemble to hear what was said from the middle level. The donjon had kitch ens, said an awed contemporary, worthy of Nero, and a rainwater f ishpond on the roof. It had a well, bread ovens, cellars, storero oms, huge fireplaces with chimneys on each floor, and latrines. V aulted underground passageways led to every part of the castle, t o the open court, and to secret exits outside the ramparts, throu gh which a besieged garrison could be provisioned. From the top o f the donjon an observer could see the whole region as far as the forest of Compiègne thirty miles away, making Coucy proof agains t surprise. In design and execution the fortress was the most nea rly perfect military structure of medieval Europe, and in size th e most audacious. One governing concept shaped a castle: not res idence, but defense. As fortress, it was an emblem of medieval li fe as dominating as the cross. In the Romance of the Rose, that v ast compendium of everything but romance, the castle enclosing th e Rose is the central structure, which must be besieged and penet rated to reach the goal of sexual desire. In real life, all its a rrangements testified to the fact of violence, the expectation of attack, which had carved the history of the Middle Ages. The cas tle's predecessor, the Roman villa, had been unfortified, dependi ng on Roman law and the Roman legions for its ramparts. After the Empire's collapse, the medieval society that emerged was a set o f disjointed and clashing parts subject to no central or effectiv e secular authority. Only the Church offered an organizing princi ple, which was the reason for its success, for society cannot bea r anarchy. Out of the turbulence, central secular authority bega n slowly to cohere in the monarchy, but as soon as the new power became effective it came into conflict with the Church on the one hand and the barons on the other. Simultaneously the bourgeois o f the towns were developing their own order and selling their sup port to barons, bishops, or kings in return for charters of liber ties as free communes. By providing the freedom for the developme nt of commerce, the charters marked the rise of the urban Third E state. Political balance among the competing groups was unstable because the king had no permanent armed force at his command. He had to rely on the feudal obligation of his vassals to perform li mited military service, later supplemented by paid service. Rule was still personal, deriving from the fief of land and oath of ho mage. Not citizen to state but vassal to lord was the bond that u nderlay political structure. The state was still struggling to be born. By virtue of its location in the center of Picardy, the d omain of Coucy, as the crown acknowledged, was one of the keys of the kingdom. Reaching almost to Flanders in the north and to the Channel and borders of Normandy on the west, Picardy was the mai n avenue of northern France. Its rivers led both southward to the Seine and westward to the Channel. Its fertile soil made it the primary agricultural region of France, with pasture and fields of grain, clumps of forest, and a comfortable sprinkling of village s. Clearing, the first act of civilization, had started with the Romans. At the opening of the 14th century Picardy supported abou t 250,000 households or a population of more than a million, maki ng it the only province of France, other than Toulouse in the sou th, to have been more populous in medieval times than in modern. Its temper was vigorous and independent, its towns the earliest t o win charters as communes. In the shadowed region between legen d and history, the domain of Coucy was originally a fief of the C hurch supposedly bestowed on St. Remi, first Bishop of Reims, by Clovis, first Christian King of the Franks, in about the year 500 . After his conversion to Christianity by St. Remi, King Clovis g ave the territory of Coucy to the new bishopric of Reims, groundi ng the Church in the things of Caesar, as the Emperor Constantine had traditionally grounded the Church of Rome. By Constantine's gift, Christianity was both officially established and fatally co mpromised. As William Langland wrote, When the kindness of Const antine gave Holy Church endowments In lands and leases, lordship s and servants, The Romans heard an angel cry on high above them , This day dos ecclesiae has drunk venom And all who have Peter 's power are poisoned forever. That conflict between the reach f or the divine and the lure of earthly things was to be the centra l problem of the Middle Ages. The claim of the Church to spiritua l leadership could never be made wholly credible to all its commu nicants when it was founded in material wealth. The more riches t he Church amassed, the more visible and disturbing became the fla w; nor could it ever be resolved, but continued to renew doubt an d dissent in every century. In the earliest Latin documents, Cou cy was called Codiciacum or Codiacum, supposedly derived from Cod ex, codicis, meaning a tree trunk stripped of its branches such a s those the Gauls used to build their palisades. For four centuri es through the Dark Ages the place remained in shadow. In 910-20 Hervé, Archbishop of Reims, built the first primitive castle and chapel on the hill, surrounded by a wall as defense against Norse men invading the valley of the Oise. Settlers from the village be low, taking refuge within the Bishop's walls, founded the upper t own, which came to be known as Coucy-le-Château, as distinguished from Coucy-la-Ville below. I, Papermac, 1989, 2.5, New York, A.A. Knopf, 1943.. Hard Cover. x, [1] p., 1 l., 230, [1] p., 1 l. illus., 12 full-page plates. 27 cm. Paintings & drawings by Horacio Butler. Each plate, except one, accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress not included in paging. Stock# 44,475. Good+, spine faded / no dj., New York, A.A. Knopf, 1943., 0, Canada: Berkley Books Pub, 1958. 172 Pages; Berkley Books printing G-163 with a cover price of 35 cents. >> CONTENTS- The Dead Planet by Edmond Hamilton; McIlvaines Star by August Derleth; The Great Cold by Frank Belknap Long; The Fires Within by Arthur C. Clarke; Brothers Beyond the Void by Paul W. Fairman; The Gentleman is an Epwa by Carl Jacobi; The Enchanted Forest by Fritz Leiber; The Business, as Usual by Mack Reynolds; The Martian and the Moron by Theodore Sturgeon; Null-p by William Tenn; >> Minor book warpping; Minor creasing to covers at spine; Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition By This Publisher.. Soft Cover. Very Good to Fine. Illus. by Painted Cover. Mass Market Paperback.., Berkley Books Pub, 1958, 3, New York: Modern Library, [1946-1970]. Hardcover. Good/good. Introduction by John Galsworthy, illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. Wonderful green jacket design from 1946-1970 erea with stylized image of a women with pink snake, also by E. McKnight Kauffer. Edgewear to dustjacket, price clipped with gift inscription on free front endpaper., Modern Library, 2.5, NY, Heritage Club [c1937; Haddon Craftsmen]. Designed by Frederic Warde.. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias. 346 p., b/w text illus., 8 color plates, color pictorial endpapers. The story of Abel Guevez de Argensola's adventures in the Orinoco. Color pictorial covers, top edge stained blue; 24.5 cm.; minor wear, spine darkened, ink owner's name, no dj; VG. 28589, NY, Heritage Club [c1937; Haddon Craftsmen]. Designed by Frederic Warde., 0, Aurora Publishing Trade paperback. Reissue (looks to be 1990s). 492pp. Slight cover creasing. Near VG.. Soft Cover. Near Very Good., Aurora Publishing, 3, Heritage Press, 1/1/1944. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Slip case split. <br> The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy. Heritage reprinted the lovely volumes of the Limited Editions Club. Heritage was established to give these works a wider audience by making them more affordable and widely available. Every book was selected by Heritage's editors as a classic in its field, chosen from the world's best-known and most enduring literature., Heritage Press, 1/1/1944, 3, Garage red filed A: Memories, 1980. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Condition fair, mark on page edge. ref ZKVQ The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest, Memories, 1980, 2.5, Independently published, 2022. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Independently published, 2022, 2.5, New York: Dover Publications, 1989. Trade Paperback. Unabridged and unaltered republication of the first American edition, published in 1904. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with slight reading wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 315 pages. Laid-in book review from Washington Post Book World. The curious call of an unseen bird lures a young explorer deeper and deeper into the jungle, where he encounters the source of the siren song - a lovely, half-wild girl with mysterious powers. Thus begins the romance between Abel, a Venezuelan revolutionary hiding among an Indian tribe in the uncharted rain forest of British Guiana, and Rima, who speaks the languages of birds and longs to return to the land of her birth to be reunited with others of her kind. As Abel chases after his secret admirer, she leads him further and further into her invisible trap of love. Then the secret begins to unfold. William Henry Hudson was an English author and naturalist, born in Buenos Aires of American parents. He was a sensitive observer of nature, particularly of birds. In his books he describes plants and animals in a highly personal manner with great force and beauty. The language of "Green Mansions" is exquisite, and the book will be especially intriguing to anyone with an interest in nature, for it is not only a wonderful love story, but also a vivid description of the rain forest and indigenous peoples of the Guianas. The plot and pacing are superb, and Hudson's storytelling is particularly fascinating. Originally published in 1904, this haunting classic is a fascinating link between nineteenth-century Romanticism and modern environmentalism., Dover Publications, 1989, 4, New York: Random House, 1944. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Kauffer, E. McKnight. Includes publisher's slipcase. Spine lightly soiled. 1944 Hard Cover. 303 pp. Color plates and black-and-white illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, foreword by John Galsworthy. "Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest (1904) is an exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveler to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest dwelling girl named Rima., Random House, 1944, 3, New York, New York: The Heritage Reprints, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Used Book: Hard Cover Considerable shelf wear to edges and corners of dust jacket, with several tears less than 1" in length along the top edge. Binding remains intact and pages are mostly clean and unbent. Good used reading condition., The Heritage Reprints, 1944, 2.25, Eugene, Oregon: Falcon Press. Unmarked except Remainder Mark. Little cover wear. . Good. Paperback. First Edition. 1982., Falcon Press, 1982, 2.5, Fingerprint! Publishing. Paperback. NEW. And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.In the kingdom of Athens, Helena loves Demetrius; Demetrius loves Hermia; and Hermia loves Lysander who loves her too. But since Hermias father wants Demetrius as his son-in-law, the lovers elope to the forest, only to be followed by Hermias best friend Helenaand her suitor.What happens in the forest, which is enchanted by fairies and elves who work around magical flowers and love potions, when the mischievous elf, Puck, is asked to dispense the spell and he mistakenly places the flowers juice on Lysanders eyes instead of Demetrius? Will the lovers be united with their true love?One of Shakespeares earlier and most popular romantic comedies, A Midsummer Nights Dream perfectly blends humour and mirth with reality and romance. It has undergone several adaptations across various art forms and continues to be staged around the globe., Fingerprint! Publishing, 6, The Heritage Press, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . An exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveler to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest-dwelling girl named Rima. Green Mansions offers its readers a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man. The book was made into an Audrey Hepburn film in 1959., The Heritage Press, 1944, 2.75, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931-01-01. Paperback. Good., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931-01-01, 2.5, Idle Spider Books, 2013-02-22. Paperback. Used: Good., Idle Spider Books, 2013-02-22, 2.5<

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