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Bizarre books and macabre manuscripts

Bizarre books and macabre manuscripts

FromHistory Extra podcast


Bizarre books and macabre manuscripts

FromHistory Extra podcast

ratings:
Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Jan 1, 2021
Format:
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
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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