The Raven King
Recounts the true story of Matthias Corvinus, the "Raven King," who sought to build the greatest library in Christendom in the fifteenth century, only to have it plundered by the Ottoman Empire after his death, and examines how Hungary's royal family has tried to restore the contents of the library.
GenresMatthiasLibraryHungaryKings and rulersBiographyHistory
265 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2008 by Yale University Press · ISBN 9780300120349
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2 editions
English
- The Raven King · Yale University Press · 2008 · ISBN 9780300120349 This page
- The Raven King: Matthias Corvinus and the Fate of His Lost Library · Yale University Press · 2009 · ISBN 9780300158281
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