The Gutenberg Revolution : The Story of a Genius and an Invention That Changed the World by John Man, John Man

The Gutenberg Revolution : The Story of a Genius and an Invention That Changed the World

John Man, John Man

312 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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The man responsible was Johann Gutenberg, born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany. John Man explains how this technical genius, whose research into printing was funded by wealthy sponsors, struggled against a background of plague, religious upheaval and le...

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