The Resource The book smugglers of Timbuktu : the quest for this storied city and the race to save its treasures, Charlie English
The book smugglers of Timbuktu : the quest for this storied city and the race to save its treasures, Charlie English
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- Summary
- Two tales of a city: The historical race to reach one of the world's most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend. To Westerners, the name "Timbuktu" long conjured a tantalising paradise, an African El Dorado where even the slaves wore gold. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, a series of explorers gripped by the fever for "discovery" tried repeatedly to reach the fabled city. But one expedition after another went disastrously awry, succumbing to attack, the climate, and disease. Timbuktu was rich in another way too. A medieval centre of learning, it was home to tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts, on subjects ranging from religion to poetry, law to history, pharmacology, and astronomy. When al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents, a remarkable thing happened: a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit the manuscripts into hiding. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines these two suspenseful strands into a fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Also published as: The storied city : the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past. New York : Riverhead Books, 2017
- Contents
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- Prologue: Enterprise and genius
- Occupation
- A seeker of manuscripts
- A wide but extended blank
- Hell is not far away
- The fourth traveler
- Al-Qaeda to the rescue
- Frogs and rosbifs
- Ismael's list
- Destruction
- The armchair explorer
- The headless horseman
- The pope of Timbuktu
- Secret agents
- Liberation
- Lives of the scholars
- The terrible twosome
- King Leopold's paperweight
- Auto-da-fé
- Chronicle of the seeker
- An Indiana Jones moment in real life!
- Manuscript fever
- The myth factory
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780008184902
- Label
- The book smugglers of Timbuktu : the quest for this storied city and the race to save its treasures
- Title
- The book smugglers of Timbuktu
- Title remainder
- the quest for this storied city and the race to save its treasures
- Statement of responsibility
- Charlie English
- Subject
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- Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali | Tombouctou
- trueHistoric preservation
- Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali | Tombouctou
- trueLibrarians
- trueLibraries
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali | Tombouctou
- trueMali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage
- trueManuscripts -- Collection and preservation
- Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali | Tombouctou
- Tombouctou (Mali) -- Antiquities
- Tombouctou (Mali) -- Discovery and exploration
- Tombouctou (Mali) -- History
- trueTombouctou, Mali
- trueArchivists
- trueBooks and reading
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Two tales of a city: The historical race to reach one of the world's most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend. To Westerners, the name "Timbuktu" long conjured a tantalising paradise, an African El Dorado where even the slaves wore gold. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, a series of explorers gripped by the fever for "discovery" tried repeatedly to reach the fabled city. But one expedition after another went disastrously awry, succumbing to attack, the climate, and disease. Timbuktu was rich in another way too. A medieval centre of learning, it was home to tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts, on subjects ranging from religion to poetry, law to history, pharmacology, and astronomy. When al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents, a remarkable thing happened: a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit the manuscripts into hiding. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines these two suspenseful strands into a fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable
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- Cataloging source
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- English, Charlie
- Dewey number
- 966.23
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- portraits
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- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Islamic learning and scholarship
- Cultural property
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Libraries
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- Tombouctou (Mali)
- Tombouctou (Mali)
- Mali
- Target audience
- adult
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- the quest for this storied city and the race to save its treasures
- Label
- The book smugglers of Timbuktu : the quest for this storied city and the race to save its treasures, Charlie English
- Note
- Also published as: The storied city : the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past. New York : Riverhead Books, 2017
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Prologue: Enterprise and genius -- Occupation -- A seeker of manuscripts -- A wide but extended blank -- Hell is not far away -- The fourth traveler -- Al-Qaeda to the rescue -- Frogs and rosbifs -- Ismael's list -- Destruction -- The armchair explorer -- The headless horseman -- The pope of Timbuktu -- Secret agents -- Liberation -- Lives of the scholars -- The terrible twosome -- King Leopold's paperweight -- Auto-da-fé -- Chronicle of the seeker -- An Indiana Jones moment in real life! -- Manuscript fever -- The myth factory -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 000059859628
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780008184902
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)984358701
- Label
- The book smugglers of Timbuktu : the quest for this storied city and the race to save its treasures, Charlie English
- Note
- Also published as: The storied city : the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past. New York : Riverhead Books, 2017
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- Contents
- Prologue: Enterprise and genius -- Occupation -- A seeker of manuscripts -- A wide but extended blank -- Hell is not far away -- The fourth traveler -- Al-Qaeda to the rescue -- Frogs and rosbifs -- Ismael's list -- Destruction -- The armchair explorer -- The headless horseman -- The pope of Timbuktu -- Secret agents -- Liberation -- Lives of the scholars -- The terrible twosome -- King Leopold's paperweight -- Auto-da-fé -- Chronicle of the seeker -- An Indiana Jones moment in real life! -- Manuscript fever -- The myth factory -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 000059859628
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780008184902
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)984358701
Subject
- Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali | Tombouctou
- trueHistoric preservation
- Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali | Tombouctou
- trueLibrarians
- trueLibraries
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali | Tombouctou
- trueMali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage
- trueManuscripts -- Collection and preservation
- Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali | Tombouctou
- Tombouctou (Mali) -- Antiquities
- Tombouctou (Mali) -- Discovery and exploration
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