The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
Ranked #12 in Renaissance, Ranked #26 in Survey — see more rankings.
One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it.
Nearly six hundred years ago, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties took a very old manuscript off a library shelf, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. That book was the last surviving manuscript of an ancient Roman philosophical epic,... more
Nearly six hundred years ago, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties took a very old manuscript off a library shelf, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. That book was the last surviving manuscript of an ancient Roman philosophical epic,... more
Rankings by Category
The Swerve is ranked in the following categories:
- #95 in Ancient History
- #86 in European History
- #90 in Pulitzer Prize
- #54 in World History
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