Book description
Ann Baer has produced a sensitive, knowledgeable month-by-month account of the hardships suffered by Marion and Peter Carpenter, set from March through the following February of one year of their struggle for existence in Medieval England. . . . Ann Baer has given the world an immeasurable gift with the…
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1 author picked Down the Common as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Ever think you'd enjoy living in the medieval period? Think again! It's not just the lack of smart-phones and refrigerators—this book does a month-by-month fictional account of the life of a typical woman in medieval England. Mind blown repeatedly. I never felt so lucky as I did while reading this book. Thank god for washing machines. Toilets. Antibiotics. Buckets!
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