The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World (1990)

You can also find this book on Amazon. Just click here. Format: Trade Paperback ISBN: 0520072553 Condition: Very Good The book has a slight amount of shelf wear. Content Description: The Library of Alexandria was one of the wonders of the Ancient World, and it has haunted Western culture for over 2,000 years. The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt—successors to Alexander the Great—had a staggering ambition: to house all of the books ever written under one roof. The idea of the universal library and its destruction still has the power to move us. But what was the library, and where was it? Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory. - from the back cover