The Ancient Engineers
 First edition | |
| Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Robert Flynn |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Engineering |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1963 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 408 pp |
The Ancient Engineers is a 1963
Contents
The work is an examination of
military and civil engineering
.
Review
The following review is often quoted in reference to this book:
Mr. de Camp has the trick of being able to show technology engaging in feats as full of derring-do as those of Hannibal's army. History as it should be told.
- —Isaac Asimov, The New York Times Book Review, 15 May 1963[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. pp. 23–24.
- ^ The Ancient Engineers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Prescott, Orville; Asimov, Isaac (15 May 1963). "Books of The Times; Informally Informative Primitive Artificers". Books of The Times (column). The New York Times. p. 37. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
External links
- The Ancient Engineers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Ancient Engineers at Open Library
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