Articles on books of the MoneyMuseum.

Would you like to get to know a bestseller from the Middle Ages? It's about blood and violence and yet everything ends well. No, we're not talking about a soap opera, but about the Legenda aurea by Jacobus de Voragine.

In 1755 the earth trembled and left the city of Lisbon in ruins. Voltaire took this as an opportunity to reflect on this "dear" God in "Candide". Its basic question is, how a good God can tolerate evil in the world. Is the world completely abandoned by God? Read on.

Gulliver's Travels didn't start as a children's book, but as a spiteful and apt criticism of his contemporaries. If you want to know who Jonathan Swift was teasing with his Houyhnhnms and the Brobdingnags, read on.

Patrick Süskind has created a classic with his drama about the man with the double bass. How does it feel to be at the back of the shadows loving the woman in the spotlight. Read why the answer to this question found such a wide audience.

The description of his journey to Asia in the 13th century made him famous. Like no other, Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant and adventurer, stands for wanderlust and the desire for the exotic. His travelogue is without doubt a milestone.