Augsburg who flees a difficult past. His passion for travel and the New World, sparked by his extensive reading, leads him to Spain, where he begins working for a book merchant. Go to product viewer dialog for this item. El mercader de libros [The Book Merchant]

The move from hand-copied manuscripts in monasteries to mass-produced urban books democratized access to ideas.

Seville, a prosperous hub for trade with the Indies. A central historical landmark in the book is the , the most significant library in the West at the time, founded by Hernando Colón , the son of Christopher Columbus. Plot Summary and Key Characters The protagonist, Thomas Babel , is a young man from