The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen

The Library: A Fragile History

Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen

544 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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The "engaging" and "ambitious" (Washington Post) history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age.  The history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, historians A...

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