The migrants : a memoir with manuscripts
De Hamel, Christopher, 1950-2026
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Christopher de Hamel is one of the world's best-known scholars and writers on illuminated manuscripts. He was mostly brought up in the south of New Zealand, where his family moved when he was four. This book magically evokes a childhood at vast distance from Europe, recalling his thrill and wonder in first encountering medieval manuscripts in libraries there and the realization that they too are migrants far from home. 'The Migrants' explores the immense journeys of books and people. It is a tale of colonization and the migration of culture, of motives and idealism, triumphs and disasters, bringing us face-to-face with history.
Main title:
The migrants : a memoir with manuscripts / Christopher de Hamel.
Author:
De Hamel, Christopher, 1950-, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2026.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780241670125 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
091
Language:
English
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BRN:
9080544