The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu : The Quest for This Storied City and the Race to Save its Treasures (9780008126636)

Two tales of a city: The historical race to reach one of the world's most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend.

The fabled city of Timbuktu has captured the Western imagination for centuries. The search for this 'African El Dorado' cost the lives of many explorers but Timbuktu is rich beyond its legends. Home to many thousands of ancient manuscripts on poetry, history, religion, law, pharmacology and astronomy, the city has been a centre of learning since medieval times.

When jihadists invaded Mali in 2012 threatening destruction to Timbuktu's libraries, a remarkable thing happened. A team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit the precious manuscripts into hiding. Based on new research and first-hand reporting, Charlie English expertly tells this story set in one of the world's most fascinating places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 416 pages
• Dimensions 159 x 240 x 37mm | 710g
• Publication date 04 May 2017
• Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint William Collins
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0008126631
• ISBN13 9780008126636
• Bestsellers rank 232,435

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