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Bizarre books and macabre manuscripts
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Jan 1, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Edward Brooke-Hitching discusses some of history’s strangest literary curiosities, from hoax manuscripts to tomes bound in human skinEdward Brooke-Hitching discusses his book The Madman’s Library, which tells the stories of some of history’s strangest literary curiosities, from hoax manuscripts and books of demonology to volumes written in blood or bound in human skin.
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Released:
Jan 1, 2021
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