Publisher Description
Renowned historian Stephen Greenblatt’s works shoot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. With The Swerve, Greenblatt transports listeners to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion. “More wonderfully illuminating Renaissance history from a master scholar and historian.”-Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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“Academic Stephen Greenblatt has crafted a story of awe. How could one manuscript – On the Nature of Things, by Lucretius – so profoundly influence the development of the Western world? Uncovering that mystery and clearing delineating the result of that discovery, Greenblatt weaves into his work tangents on the most interesting things like what the Romans read in Pompeii, what monks thought of their task of copying manuscripts, and how ancient paper was made. The book is fascinating!”
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Dana (4 out of 5 stars)
