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Автор: Edward Wilson-Lee
Издательство: HarperCollins
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Жанр произведения: Биографии и Мемуары
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isbn: 9780008146238
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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2018

      Copyright © Edward Wilson-Lee 2018

      Cover illustration by Joe McLaren

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      Source ISBN: 9780008146221

      Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008146238

      Version: 2018-05-04

       Dedication

      for Kelcey

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Maps

       Epigraph

       Prologue: Seville, 12 July 1539

       PART I: THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE

       IV. Rites of Passage

       V. A Knowledge of Night

       PART II: A LANGUAGE OF PICTURES

       VI. Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

       VII. The World City

       VIII. The Architecture of Order

       IX. An Empire of Dictionaries

       PART III: AN ATLAS OF THE WORLD

       X. The Devil in the Details

       XI. No Place Like Home

       XII. Cutting Through

       XIII. The Library Without Walls

       PART IV: SETTING THINGS IN ORDER

       XIV. Another Europe and the Same

       XV. The King of Nowhere

       XVI. Last Orders

       XVII. Epilogue: Ideas on the Shelf

       Acknowledgements

       A Note on the Life and Deeds of the Admiral

       Notes on Sources

       Picture Section

       List of Illustrations

       Index

       Also by Edward Wilson-Lee

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

       Maps

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