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The Migrants: A Memoir with Manuscripts

Hamel, Christopher de

ISBN 10: 0241670128 ISBN 13: 9780241670125

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Christopher de Hamel

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2026

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Plt;bPgt;A brilliant memoir of adolescence in New Zealand and of the migration of European manuscripts to the far side of the worldPlt;/bPgt;Christopher de Hamel is one of the worldP#8217;s best-known scholars and writers on illuminated manuscripts. He was mostly brought up in the south of New Zealand, where his family moved when he was four. This book magically evokes a childhood at vast distance from Europe, recalling his thrill and wonder in first encountering medieval manuscripts in libraries there and the realization that they too are migrants far from home.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;The Migrants Plt;/iPgt;explores the immense journeys of books and people. It is a tale of colonization and the migration of culture P#8211; of motives and idealism, triumphs and disasters P#8211; bringing us face-to-face with history. We meet the colonial governor on his paradise island, the shipwrecked accountant, the nonagenarian who cut up manuscripts, the magnate who unknowingly bought BecketP#8217;s Plt;iPgt;Boethius Plt;/iPgt;and the early settler who inscribed his Book of Hours in the Maori language in 1842. We travel with the author today back to where these manuscripts began their own lives, through France and Poland and medieval England, discovering their first owners and following the longest journeys on earth.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;This is a coming-of-age saga with extraordinary twists, crossing many hundreds of years and tens of thousands of miles, recounted with passion, humour and a lifetimeP#8217;s reflection. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780241670125

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Christopher de Hamel

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Hardback. Condition: New. A brilliant memoir from the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable ManuscriptsChristopher de Hamel is one of the world's best-known scholars and writers on illuminated manuscripts. He was mostly brought up in the south of New Zealand, where his family moved when he was four. This book magically evokes a childhood at vast distance from Europe, recalling his thrill and wonder in first encountering medieval manuscripts in libraries there and the realization that they too are migrants far from home.The Migrants explores the immense journeys of books and people. It is a tale of colonization and the migration of culture - of motives and idealism, triumphs and disasters - bringing us face-to-face with history. We meet the colonial governor on his paradise island, the shipwrecked accountant, the nonagenarian who cut up manuscripts, the magnate who unknowingly bought Becket's Boethius and the early settler who inscribed his Book of Hours in the Maori language in 1842. We travel with the author today back to where these manuscripts began their own lives, through France and Poland and medieval England, discovering their first owners and following the longest journeys on earth.This is a coming-of-age saga with extraordinary twists, crossing many hundreds of years and tens of thousands of miles, recounted with passion, humour and a lifetime's reflection. Seller Inventory # LU-9780241670125

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