The Gutenberg Revolution

Author: John Man

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Price : $29.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780553819663
Publisher : Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint : Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
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Weight (g) : 0.244
Publication date : 30 June 2009
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Edition : 1009
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Dewey classification : 686.2092
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Pages : 304
BIC subject : European history: c 1500 to c 1750; History of engineering & technology; Printing & reprographic technology
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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 best book about the origin of books you could read. It is clear, engaging, fast-paced and authoritative' Stephen Fry

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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.

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