<i>The Gutenberg Revolution</i> is the best book about the origin of books you could read. It is clear, engaging, fast-paced and authoritative.

Stephen Fry

Extremely erudite and enormously enthusiastic

Guardian

Vivid . . . engaging, detailed and highly readable . . . a window on an extraordinary display of consummate skill and creative genius

New Scientist

In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500 they were printed, and numbered in their millions. The invention of one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to happen.Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light. His story is full of paradox: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. Yet history remembers him as a visionary; his discovery marks the beginning of the modern world.
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The invention of one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to happen.Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light.
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The Gutenberg Revolution is the best book about the origin of books you could read. It is clear, engaging, fast-paced and authoritative.
'The best book about the origin of books you could read. It is clear, engaging, fast-paced and authoritative' Stephen Fry

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780553819663
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Vekt
209 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
01, U, G, P, 05, 01, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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John Man is the author of Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Kublai Khan, The Terracotta Army, The Great Wall and Alpha Beta.