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A World Lit Only by Fire A World Lit Only By Fire by William Manchester is a book about people in Western Europe from... 400-1500, and how every aspect of life was changed over the next half century.
A well written book on a fascinating subject, A World Lit Only By Fire is a history of the sixteenth century with a focus on Magellan. Unfortunately it ultimately skewers itself on its biases. The prose flows, the characters are interesting, and the paragraphs full of interesting details.