~ Standard Hardcover
~ Winner of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize - 2019
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library
A perfectly pitched poetic drama ana an amazing tour through sixteenth-century Europe, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books is an impeccably researched account of a forgotten quest to create the greatest library of the Renaissance . . .
Much more than a biography of Hernando Culombus, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books is a testimony to the beautiful madness of book lovers, a plunge into sixteenth-century Europe's information revolution, and a reflection of the passions and intrigues that lie beneath our own attempts to bring order to the world today.
“Lively and evocative, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books gives a fresh post-imperialist perspective on the age of European exploration, the emergence of modern printing, modern libraries, and the concept of a global world.” -- AudioFile