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The Hills of Varna
First published 1948
Young travellers cross Renaissance Europe in pursuit of a valuable Greek manuscript whose survival matters to scholars, printers and political rivals. Their route through courts, cities and the Balkans turns humanist learning into a dangerous physical quest.
The novel connects the recovery of classical texts with printing, diplomacy and Ottoman-European frontiers. Erasmus and the wider humanist movement appear within a world where books are valuable instruments of religious and political change.
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