The Map of Knowledge - by Violet Moller (Paperback)

The Map of Knowledge is an extraordinary journey through time and space, revealing the fascinating story of how three crucial books survived a perilous thousand-year journey from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance.

This thrilling history tracks the dedicated scholars who collected, translated, and shared ancient knowledge in rare outposts of civilization during a dark world, ultimately ensuring their legacy reached Venice, the major center of scientific printing.

With stunning detail, Violet Moller brings to life the ways in which knowledge reached us from antiquity to the present day, making this book as delightful as it is readable.

Join us on an endlessly fascinating tour of a series of fabulously wealthy civilizations and marvel at how multicultural the ancient world was.

The Map of Knowledge is an epic treasure hunt into the highways and byways of stored knowledge across faiths and continents, sure to leave you yearning for more.