Books on fire : the tumultuous story of the world's great libraries / Lucien X. Polastron ; translated by Jon E. Graham.

London : Thames & Hudson, 2007.

xii, 371 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-362) and index.

In the cradle of the libraries -- The papyrus region -- Islam of the first days -- People of the book -- Asia before the twentieth century -- The Christian West -- The new biblioclasts -- Peace damages -- An embarrassment of modernity -- Flameproof knowledge -- Epilogue: return to Alexandria.

Translated from the French.