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Venice in the 16th century, a cosmopolitan city-state in an age of vast clashes between civilisations, is the stage for the life of Yakov Kraykov, a Bulgarian born in the Balkans who became one of the first printers of Cyrillic books and made some of the earliest printed books with a Bulgarian connection. The facts about him are scarce and his fate is full of blank spaces, and he remains half historical, half mystical. The novel imagines this learned, bold man of the Renaissance against some of the darkest years in Bulgaria's past, blending mystery and drama.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

460 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Italy, 16th century

First published

2015 by Janet 45

ISBN

9786191861484 (original)