Title: The vanished library
Subtitle: A Wonder of the Ancient World
First published: 1989
Description: Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.
Subjects: Aliks*andrīn*a (Library), Ptolemy, Libraries, Library of Alexandria, Hellenistic culture, Aliksāndrīnā (Library), Learning and scholarship, Antiquités, Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie, Vie intellectuelle, Antiquities, Alexandrian Library, Civilisation ancienne, Classical Civilization, History, Alexandria, Egypt, Intellectual life, Histoire, Library, Bibliothèques, Aliks@andr@in@a (Library), Alexandria (egypt), Fiction, general, History, ancient, Civilization
Places: Alexandria (Egypt), Egypt, Alexandria
People: Ptolemy
Time periods: To 400, 332 BC - 400 AD
LC classification: Z722.5 .C3513 1990