2. Book Bindings
Book oddities bound in human skin, books written in blood, and a very cryptic manuscript. Read by Arty Froushan.
Books can be bound with the strangest things. Including human skin. Not to mention written in blood. And possibly the most cryptic manuscript of all - The Voynich Manuscript.
Edward Brooke-Hitching's father was an antiquarian book dealer. So began his fascination, leading to a unique journey through the entire history of literature, delving into its darkest territories to hunt down the very strangest books ever written, and uncover the stories behind their creation.
This is a madman鈥檚 library of eccentric and extraordinary volumes from around the world, many of which have been completely forgotten. Books that kill, books of the insane and books that hoaxed the globe, books invisible to the naked eye and books so long they could destroy the Universe, books worn into battle, books of code and cypher whose secrets remain undiscovered鈥� and a few others that are just plain weird.
Abridged by Polly Coles
Read by Arty Froushan
Produced by Clive Brill
A Brill production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2021.
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