William Manchester\'s A World Lit Only by Fire is the preeminent popular history of civilization\'s rebirth after the Dark Ages.
About the Author: William Manchester was a hugely successful popular historian and biographer whose books include The Last Lion , Volumes 1 and 2, Goodbye Darkness , A World Lit Only by Fire , The Glory and the Dream , The Arms of Krupp , American Caesar , The Death of the President , and assorted works of j.
William Manchester\'s A World Lit Only by Fire is the preeminent popular history of civilization\'s rebirth after the Dark Ages