Patience and Fortitude
Subtitle: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: March 25, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9780060514464
First sentence: While probing the murky bottom of Alexandria's Eastern Harbor for fragments of Queen Cleopatra's sunken palace, French divers came across an ancient stele that had been shielded from the sunlight for sixteen centuries.