Burning the Books: RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK - A History of Knowledge Under Attack

'A stark and important warning about the value of knowledge . . . Vital reading for this day and age' PETER FRANKOPAN

About the author

Richard Ovenden OBE is the 25th Bodley's Librarian (since the post was set up in 1600) at the Bodelian Library in Oxford. Since 1987 he has worked in a number of important archives and libraries, including the House of Lords Library, the National Library of Scotland (as a Curator of Rare Books) and in the University of Edinburgh, where he was Director of Collections. He is an Honorary Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford and holds a Professorial Fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford. His writing has been frequently published in major newspapers and online platforms.

Summary

'A stark and important warning about the value of knowledge . . . Vital reading for this day and age' PETER FRANKOPAN

Foreword

'A stark and important warning about the value of knowledge . . . Vital reading for this day and age' PETER FRANKOPAN

Additional text

Wide-ranging and informative . . . calling out to the better angels of our nature to fight for the preservation of what makes us who we are

Product details

• Authors: Richard Ovenden, OVENDEN RICHARD
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781529378771
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-7877-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; General & world history, History: earliest times to present day, General and world history