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Papyrus

THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER

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Papyrus

Von: Irene Vallejo
Gesprochen von: Sophie Roberts
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THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
A FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR

An enthralling 6,000-year journey through the history of books and reading

Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the edges of the earth to bring them back.

In Papyrus, celebrated classicist Irene Vallejo traces the dramatic history of the book and the fight for its survival. This is the story of the book's journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices, and how that transition laid the very foundation of Western culture. And it is a story full of heroic adventures, bloodshed and megalomania - from the battlefields of Alexander the Great and the palaces of Cleopatra to the libraries of war-torn Sarajevo and Oxford.

An international bestseller, Papyrus brings the ancient world to life and celebrates the enduring power of the written word.

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2022 Irene Vallejo
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A literary phenomenon . . . didactic and daring . . . elegant and richly digressive.
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The author makes splendid use of her incredibly wide array of knowledge on the topics of writing, reading, books and libraries (esp. of Greek and Roman classical times). I could have done, however, with less of the gushingly emotional outpourings of personal reading experiences.

An immense lot of factual Information packed into an emotional plea for reading

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