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The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag

By Peter Burke
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Unabridged — 11 hours, 48 minutes
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By Peter Burke
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Unabridged — 11 hours, 48 minutes
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The first history of the western polymath, from the fifteenth century to the present day



From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan Sontag, polymaths have moved the frontiers of knowledge in countless ways. But history can be unkind to scholars with such encyclopaedic interests. All too often these individuals are remembered for just one part of their valuable achievements.



In this engaging, erudite account, renowned cultural historian Peter ...