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Reviewed on August 1, 2014 | Fiction
The year is 1450, and Peter Schoeffer, who has been working as a scribe in Paris, is recalled to the German city of Mainz by his foster father, Johann Fust. A successful merchant, Fust is burning with excitement over an encounter with a "most amazing man." The man, known as Gutenberg, has invented a method of printing a book using a machine. Fust promises to fund Gutenberg's workshop, but only if Schoeffer is accepted...Log In or Sign Up to Read More