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The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story

Documentary which tells the story of a group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue a library - and preserve a nation's history - in the midst of the Bosnian war. Amid bullets and bombs and under fire from shells and snipers, this handful of passionate book-lovers safeguarded more than 10,000 unique, hand-written Islamic books and manuscripts - the most important texts held by Sarajevo's last surviving library.

English
  • Originally Aired February 20, 2012
  • Runtime 75 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code b01cc84n
  • Network BBC Four
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Name Type Role
Sam Hobkinson Director