Andrew Pettegree, FBA, is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He is the co-author of The Library: A Fragile History, and the prize-winning The Book in the Renaissance and The Invention of News. He is a former Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society and founding director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue.

In this magisterial study Andrew Pettegree, who recently co-wrote a much lauded global history of the library, surveys how books have been put to work during times of crisis.

Andrew Pettegree, FBA, is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He is the co-author of The Library: A Fragile History, and the prize-winning The Book in the Renaissance and The Invention of News. He is a former Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society and founding director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue.

In this magisterial study Andrew Pettegree, who recently co-wrote a much lauded global history of the library, surveys how books have been put to work during times of crisis.

Andrew Pettegree, FBA, is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He is the co-author of The Library: A Fragile History, and the prize-winning The Book in the Renaissance and The Invention of News. He is a former Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society and founding director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue.

In this magisterial study Andrew Pettegree, who recently co-wrote a much lauded global history of the library, surveys how books have been put to work during times of crisis.