History buffs will savor the moment the inventor, the scribe, and the merchant make a decision that leads them out of the Middle Ages into the Renaissance….a meticulous account of quattrocento innovation, technology, politics, art, and commerce.
Reviews
“This gorgeously written debut, set in the cathedral city of fifteenth-century Mainz, dramatizes the creation of the Gutenberg Bible in a story that devotees of book history and authentic historical fiction will relish."
- Booklist (starred review)
“A sophisticated, moving story of the creation of the Gutenberg Bible"
- Sunday Times (London)
“Alix Christie’s finely atmospheric debut novel…[is] a worthy tribute to the technological revolution it reimagines, as well as a haunting elegy to the culture of print."
- Washington Post
“A richly imagined, emotionally powerful, spectacularly convincing account of one of the most important events in Western history."
- HarperCollins Canada