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The Library: A Fragile History
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A history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age.
"Engaging [and] ambitious" -The Washington Post
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with bean bags and children's drawings-the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident.
In The Library, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduw...
"Engaging [and] ambitious" -The Washington Post
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with bean bags and children's drawings-the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident.
In The Library, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduw...
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