{"product_id":"2940170326372","title":"Gutenberg's Apprentice: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn enthralling literary debut that evokes one of the most momentous events in history, the birth of printing in medieval Germanyamp;#8212;a story of invention, intrigue, and betrayal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYouthful, ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success as a scribe in Paris when his foster father, the wealthy merchant and bookseller Johann Fust, summons him home to corruption- riddled, feud-plagued Mainz to meet \"a most amazing man.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohann Gutenberg, a driven and caustic inventor, has devised a revolutionaryamp;#8212;and, to some, blasphemousamp;#8212;method of bookmaking: a machine he calls a printing press. Fust is financing Gutenberg's workshop, and he orders Peter to become Gutenberg's apprentice. Resentful at having to abandon a prestigious career as a scribe, Peter begins his education in the \"darkest art.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs his skill grows, so too does his admiration for Gutenberg and his dedication to their daring venture: printing copies of the Holy Bible. But when outside forces align against them, Peter finds himself torn between two father figuresamp;#8212;the generous Fust and the brilliant, mercurial Gutenberg, who inspires Peter to achieve his own mastery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught between the genius and the merchant, the old ways and the new, Peter and the men he admires must work together to prevail against overwhelming obstacles in a battle that will change history . . . and irrevocably transform them all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117274480880,"sku":"2940170326372","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170326372_p0.jpg?v=1763797362","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170326372","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}