Quill William Morrow, New York, 1991. Pages yellowing slightly, small buckle at top of spine, slight fade to spine, with fade mark on front cover, otherwise good secondhand condtion.

Today we view the Middle Ages as a distinct era, but surprisingly, this notion is new, born of the 20th century, when scholars looked back from their own war-ravaged times and discovered a unique culture hidden in what had seemed a historical void. This is the story of that discovery, of the lives of 20 scholars, including Tolkien and Lewis, who first conjured up the spirit of that world.