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A Distant Mirror
Barbara Tuchman · 初版 1978 年
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为什么值得读
- 对中世纪日常生活细微之处的描写引人入胜
- 战争赔款导致贵族贫困及盗匪横行的历史剖析
- 文笔极具吸引力且兼具洞察力与趣味性
Amazon.com Review 在这部气势恢宏的历史叙事中，Barbara Tuchman 描写了灾难深重的14世纪，当时中世纪欧洲的精力消耗于内部争战与抵御黑死病。一些中世纪思想家将这些灾难视为神明对凡人罪过的惩罚；另一些人则更为实际，将其视为积累财富与权力的良机。后者中的代表人物便是法国贵族 Enguerrand de Coucy，他的生平贯穿了 Tuchman 著作的大部分篇幅，他在沉醉于宫廷传统的奢华与优雅的同时，残暴地剥削着农……
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不仅仅是 GDP，还有像战争这种能改变国家命运的重大事件。如果你还没读过的话，强烈推荐 Barbara Tuchman 的《A Distant Mirror》，非常棒的一本书（讲的是中世纪历史，但放在这里依然适用）。Tuchman 提到了现代人面对那种极其鲁莽又反动的行为时产生的困惑……
Not just GDP but also nation-altering events such as warfare. I recommend "A Distant Mirror" by Barbara Tuchman if you haven't already read it, as it's a wonderful book (medieval history, but it still applies here). Tuchman mentions our modern bewilderment at the insanely rash and reactionary…
Barbara Tuchman（她更出名的作品是《The Guns of August》）写的《A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century》。非虚构类，但读起来特别过瘾。绝对必读，因为它深刻洞察了人类在不同时代是多么千差万别却又何其相似……
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, by Barbara Tuchman (more famously known for the Guns of August). Nonfiction, but really entertaining. A must read because it's insightful on how different but similar human…
……让步。法国人在整场战争中最后不得不支付巨额赎金，结果贵族和王室穷得叮当响，根本无力阻止土匪横行和饥荒爆发。Barbara Tuchman 的《A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century》对这段时期的描写非常引人入胜。
…concessions. The French ended up having to pay a lot of ransoms through the whole war, and as a result, the nobility and crown were so poor they couldn't prevent banditry and famines. Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century is a very engaging account of this period.
如果你对这类东西感兴趣，我强烈推荐 Barbara Tuchman 的《A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century》。虽然它写的时间段稍微偏后一点，但 Tuchman 对日常生活琐事的描写极为详尽且引人入胜，从我们现代人的角度来看，既熟悉又完全……
If this kind of stuff piques your interest, I highly recommend Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. Although it covers a slightly later period, Tuchman goes into fascinating detail about the minutia of daily life, which from our perspective are both familiar and utterly…
……推荐；买了一本。Tuchman 写的《Guns of August》和《The Proud Tower》涵盖了一战爆发前夕、期间以及刚结束的那段时期。我觉得这两本都写得极好，所以觉得《A Distant Mirror》肯定也值得花时间读。
…recommendation; picked up a copy. Tuchman wrote Guns of August and The Proud Tower about the times immediately before, during and after the start of WWI. I found both outstanding reads and I can only think A Distant Mirror to be worth the time.
我今年读过且比较推荐的书：但丁的《The Divine Comedy》——它对我们文化的影响怎么高估都不为过。《A Distant Mirror》——14世纪的历史，但读起来像小说一样抓人。《Name of the Rose》——以中世纪为背景的悬疑小说。Paul Graham 的《On Lisp》—— http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html 《The Seasoned Schemer》……
Some of the books I've read this year that I'd recommend: The Divine Comedy by Dante - It is hard to underestimate how much it has influenced our culture. A Distant Mirror - The history of the 14th century, but engaging like a novel. Name of the Rose - Mystery novel set in Medieval times. On Lisp by Paul Graham - http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html Seasoned Schemer…