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The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the
In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror, THE VERGE tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world...
The Book of Eve: A beguiling historical feminist tale - inspired by the undeciphered Voynich manuscript
The Binding meets The Handmaid's Tale - Discovering a book of dark and ancient power, a convent librarian must defend it with her life. Perfect for fans of dark academia...
This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the
'A dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter Frankopan'A wonderful book' Sunday Telegraph, 5*'Triumphant' Literary ReviewDURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, in the autumn of 1550, an anonymously authored volume containing a wealth...
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and
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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...
Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in
Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories... 'There is magic in these pages.' Daisy Dunn, author of The Missing Thread In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus...
Mortimer's A to Zs of English History
How did the introduction of the button change medieval life? If you found yourself in Elizabethan England, should you kiss your hostess on the lips? Why were pistols safer than...