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Takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it. Richard Ovenden, director of the world-famous Bodleian Library, explains how attacks on libraries and archives have been a feature of history since ancient times but have increased in frequency and intensity during the modern era
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Burning the Books, Richard Ovenden
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- Burning the Books
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Ovenden
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1529378753
- ISBN13
- 9781529378757
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Political Science & Politics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Politics, Gifts for grandpa, About Books, Librarianship, Library science
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- Takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it. Richard Ovenden, director of the world-famous Bodleian Library, explains how attacks on libraries and archives have been a feature of history since ancient times but have increased in frequency and intensity during the modern era




