The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library by Edward Wilson-Lee

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library

Edward Wilson-Lee

416 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous mysterious slow-paced
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This impeccably researched and "adventure-packed" (The Washington Post) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus's son to create the greatest library in the world is "the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters" (NPR) and offers a vivid pict...

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informative 100%
adventurous 27%
inspiring 18%
reflective 18%
challenging 9%

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slow 77%
medium 22%

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