The Gutenberg Revolution: The Story of a Genius and an Invention That Changed the World (Paperback)

Although the book gives a lot of details about the birth of the invention and its inventor, it is a real page-turner. What I really appreciate is that the author does not focus only on the basic line, but it puts everything into the context of contemporary Europe.

   _The Gutenberg Revolution_ is a highly informative book, not just about the man, Johannes Gutenberg, but about his machine, his time, and his legacy. Several chapters are devoted to the history and politics of late-medieval Germany, and they provided wonderful context for the overall story.I learned a great deal from this book, however, the writing style was slightly annoying. Man, the author, tries to chat with his reader, and while it was interesting some of the time, I felt it was overdone, and that the book began to suffer because of it. Sentences like "So: Here we go", do not belong in a history book. Other than that tendency, I really did like the book. I am very interested in the History of Books, and this is one of the few sources (in English) written about the father of modern printing; so for that reason, I value it.