Vanished Library A Wonder of the Ancient World

Name: Vanished Library A Wonder of the Ancient World
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ISBN: 9780520072558

ISBN-10: 0520072553

ISBN-13: 9780520072558

Edition: 1989

Authors: Luciano Canfora, Martin Ryle

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The Library of Alexandria, one of the wonders of the Ancient World, has haunted Western culture for over 2,000 years. The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt--successors of Alexander the Great--had a staggering ambition: to house all of the books ever written under one roof, and the story of the universal library and its destruction still has the power to move us. But what was the library, and where was it? Did it exist at all? Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory. The fate of the precious books themselves is a subject of endless speculation. Canfora resolves these puzzles in one of the most unusual books of classical history ever written. He recreates the world of Egypt and the…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/18/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 205
Size: 6.28" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Martin Ryle is Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education at the University of Sussex. His previous books include The Politics of Nuclear Disarmament , Ecology and Socialism , and Journeys in Ireland .