The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found

by Violet Moller

Book Overview

"The Map of Knowledge is an endlessly fascinating book, rich in detail, capacious and humane in vision."
--Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

After the Fall of Rome, when many of the great ideas of the ancient world were lost to the ravages of the Dark Ages, three crucial manuscripts passed hand to hand through seven Mediterranean cities and survived...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385541767
• ISBN13: 9780385541763
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"