Richard Ovenden

'Burning the Books'

Bog | Engelsk

A Wolfson History Prize Finalist A New Statesman Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year "Timely and authoritative...I enjoyed it immensely." --Philip Pullman "If you care about books, and if you believe we must all stand up to the

'Burning the Books: RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'

Bog | Engelsk

An unforgettable 3,000-year-old journey - from Mesopotamian clay tablets trying to predict the future, to Tudor book-hunters and Nazi bonfires, and on into the dangers of our increasingly digital existence, Burning the Books shows how the preservation of