“Gutenberg’s Apprentice” has powerful parallels to the present day conflicts concerning old and new methods of distributing the written word…Drawing on historical accounts of the real Peter Schoeffer, as well as Gutenberg and his other apprentices, Christie has created a rich, masterful tale of “the darkest art” and its powerful effect on the written word.” A brilliant evocation of late medieval Germany. I was astonished to discover that this story about the creation of the Gutenberg Bible in medieval Mainz was based on real characters and events. Five stars. A richly imagined, emotionally powerful, spectacularly convincing account of one of the most important events in Western history.
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