Powerful pages: the beguiling history of books
发布时间 2022-07-19 13:00:45 来源
摘要
For centuries, humanity has had a love affair with books. But these volumes are far more than just receptacles for stories. They have been tools to spread religion and empire, and have contained dangerous politics and talismanic protections. Emma Smith tells Rhiannon Davies about our complex relationship with the printed word.
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