Burning the books : a history of knowledge under attack / Richard Ovenden.
Material type: TextDescription: 308 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781529378771 (pbk.) :
- 363.31 23
- Z657 .O9 2021
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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General | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | Main | 363.31 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R17741Y0499 |
Originally published: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions, 'Burning the Books' takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it.
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