Name: Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
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ISBN: 978-0-14-197749-2

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Winner of the Wolfson History Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize for Non-Fiction. 'Endlessly fascinating and enjoyable' - Neil MacGregor. 'A marvellous book' - David Attenborough. 'Full of delights' - Tom Stoppard. 

An extraordinary exploration of the medieval world, this is the most beguiling history book of the year. This book discusses why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, yet there is an undeniable thrill in actually meeting and talking to a person of world stature. 

The idea for the book, which is entirely new, is to invite the reader into intimate conversations with twelve of the most famous manuscripts in existence and to explore with the author what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history.

Actual product image Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts (English, Paperback, Christopher de Hamel)

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