The Justification of Johann Gutenberg
Format: paperback
ISBN:
0701172371
Publish date: August 2000
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Pages no: 259
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...