The Justification of Johann Gutenberg: A Novel
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060935719 (0060935715)
Publish date: November 25th 2003
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
A fictional account of the man who invented printing but, paradoxically, left little recorded evidence of his life. Plenty of scope for the author's imagination, then. And Blake Morrison does his subject justice, skilfully conjuring up the atmosphere of fifteenth century Germany - a hotbed of politi...