In Search of Lost Books
The Forgotten Stories of Eight Mythical Volumes
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'Brilliant... a little masterpiece' - Guardian
The gripping and elegiac stories of eight lost books, and the mysterious circumstances behind their disappearances.
They exist as a rumour or a fading memory. They vanished from history leaving scarcely a trace, lost to fire, censorship, theft, war or deliberate destruction, yet those who seek them are convinced they will find them. This is the story of one man's quest for eight mysterious lost books.
Taking us from Florence to Regency London, the Russian Steppe to British Columbia,... more
The gripping and elegiac stories of eight lost books, and the mysterious circumstances behind their disappearances.
They exist as a rumour or a fading memory. They vanished from history leaving scarcely a trace, lost to fire, censorship, theft, war or deliberate destruction, yet those who seek them are convinced they will find them. This is the story of one man's quest for eight mysterious lost books.
Taking us from Florence to Regency London, the Russian Steppe to British Columbia,... more
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