The storied city the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past
The story of how a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, C...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The storied city : |b the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past / |c Charlie English. |
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| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Riverhead Books, |c 2017. | |
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| 300 | |a 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a The story of how a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable. -- |c from dust jacket. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-382) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: A man of enterprise and genius -- Part one. Occupation. A seeker of manuscripts -- A wide but extended blank -- Hell is not far away -- The fourth traveler -- Al-Qaeda to the rescue -- It shall be mine -- Ismael's list -- Part two. Destruction. The armchair explorer -- A headless horseman -- The pope of Timbuktu -- Secret agents -- Part three. Liberation. Lives of the scholars -- The terrible twosome -- King Leopold's paperweight -- Auto-da-fé -- Chronicle of the researcher -- An Indiana Jones moment in real life! -- Manuscript fever -- The myth factory -- Epilogue. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Tombouctou (Mali) |x Discovery and exploration. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Tombouctou (Mali) |x Antiquities. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Mali |x History |y Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- |x Destruction and pillage. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Manuscripts, Arabic |z Mali |z Tombouctou. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Libraries |x Destruction and pillage |z Mali |z Tombouctou. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Islamic learning and scholarship |z Mali |z Tombouctou. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cultural property |x Protection |z Mali |z Tombouctou. | |
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