The Justification of Johann Gutenberg
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781615578306 (1615578307)
Publish date: January 1st 2000
Publisher: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
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...