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9780553819663

The Gutenberg Revolution How Printing Changed the Course of History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780553819663

  • ISBN10:

    0553819666

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-05-01
  • Publisher: Bantam Press

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Summary

In 1450, all Europe's books were hand copied 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 moveable 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 unite 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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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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