Gutenberg's Apprentice

  • Author: Alix Christie
  • Narrator: Robert Petkoff
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA
  • Duration: 14:10:08
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Synopsis

An enthralling literary debut that evokes one of the most momentous events in history, the birth of printing in medieval Germany—a story of invention, intrigue, and betrayal.

Youthful, ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success as a scribe in Paris when his foster father, the wealthy merchant and bookseller Johann Fust, summons him home to corruption- riddled, feud-plagued Mainz to meet "a most amazing man."

Johann Gutenberg, a driven and caustic inventor, has devised a revolutionary—and, to some, blasphemous—method of bookmaking: a machine he calls a printing press. Fust is financing Gutenberg's workshop, and he orders Peter to become Gutenberg's apprentice. Resentful at having to abandon a prestigious career as a scribe, Peter begins his education in the "darkest art."

As his skill grows, so too does his admiration for Gutenberg and his dedication to their daring venture: printing copies of the Holy Bible. But when outside forces align against them, Peter finds himself torn between two father figures—the generous Fust and the brilliant, mercurial Gutenberg, who inspires Peter to achieve his own mastery.

Caught between the genius and the merchant, the old ways and the new, Peter and the men he admires must work together to prevail against overwhelming obstacles in a battle that will change history . . . and irrevocably transform them all.

Chapters

  • 001 Gutenberg's Apprentice

    Duration: 34s
  • 002 Prologue

    Duration: 09min
  • 003 Genesis - Chapter 01

    Duration: 54min
  • 004 Genesis - Chapter 02

    Duration: 34min
  • 005 Genesis - Chapter 03

    Duration: 16min
  • 006 Genesis - Chapter 04

    Duration: 04min
  • 007 Genesis - Chapter 05

    Duration: 34min
  • 008 Genesis - Chapter 06

    Duration: 29min
  • 009 Genesis - Chapter 07

    Duration: 20min
  • 010 Genesis - Chapter 08

    Duration: 25min
  • 011 Genesis - Chapter 09

    Duration: 33min
  • 012 Genesis - Chapter 10

    Duration: 17min
  • 013 Exodus - Chapter 01

    Duration: 26min
  • 014 Exodus - Chapter 02

    Duration: 13min
  • 015 Exodus - Chapter 03

    Duration: 22min
  • 016 Exodus - Chapter 04

    Duration: 13min
  • 017 Exodus - Chapter 05

    Duration: 03min
  • 018 Exodus - Chapter 06

    Duration: 13min
  • 019 Exodus - Chapter 07

    Duration: 27min
  • 020 Exodus - Chapter 08

    Duration: 21min
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