manages to illuminate the alien shadowland of the Middle Ages and populate it with vital characters whose politics and passions are as vivid as our own.' - San Francisco Chronicle 'A remarkably detailed look at how people lived in medieval England and Wales.Worth reading.' - The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 'A vivid portrait of a lost time.

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