The Pagecast Holiday Round-up: The Library: A Fragile History by Arthur der Weduwen and Andrew Pettegree.

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Welcome to day 3 of the Pagecast Holiday Round-up.

Arthur De Weduwen is associate editor of the Universal Short Title Catalogue project at St Andrews. This is his first book. Andrew Pettegree is one of the leading experts on Europe during the Reformation. He currently holds a professorship at St Andrews University where he is the director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue Project. He is the author of The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself (winner of the Goldsmith Prize) and Brand Luther: 1517, Printing and the making of the Reformation, among other publications.

Co-produced by Ingrid Klückow and Nicola Bruns. A special thanks to Boomhuis studios for the studio time and technical support.
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