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Here Be Dragons co-curated by Cressida Cowell and Toothless - opens 13 July. Admission included with ticket to the Galleries

1001 Stories Collection

Endymion Spring

1001 Endymion Spring
Added on 05th October 2020

Author Matthew Skelton
Firs published 2006
Publisher Delacorte Press

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An intriguing fantasy with a double story line set 600 years apart.

Story

Endymion Spring, apprentice to book printer Gutenberg, is entrusted with a mysterious book and flees to hide it. In current day Oxford, Blake finds a blank book in a library. Soon words appear only he can see, and he realizes that the book holds dangerous knowledge about a century old secret.

Why we chose it

A fantasy adventure set in modern day Oxford and in Mainz in the 1450s in the early days of the printing press.

Where it came from

Endymion Spring is Matthew Skelton’s debut novel. He worked at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and then graduated with a PhD in English Literature from Oxford University. The idea for the book came to him while writing his doctoral thesis.

Where it went next

Endymion Spring reached No. 2 on the New York Times Bestseller list and was translated into 23 languages.

Associated stories

Matthew Skelton’s second novel is The Story of Cirrus Flux.

Added on 05th October 2020

Author Matthew Skelton
Firs published 2006
Publisher Delacorte Press

Magic
1001