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📱 eBook en inglés THE MADMAN'S LIBRARY

The Greatest Curiosities of Literature

Simon & Schuster UK- 9781471166921

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Sinopsis de THE MADMAN'S LIBRARY

* BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK *
Anybody who loves the printed word will be bowled over by this amusing, erudite, beautiful book about books. It is in every way a triumph. One of the loveliest books to have been published for many, many years Alexander McCall Smith
Quite simply the best gift for any book lover this year, or perhaps ever Lucy Atkins, Sunday Times Literary Book of the Year

An utterly joyous journey into the deepest eccentricities of the human mind… The most cheering, fascinating book I’ve read for ages Guardian

From the author of the critically acclaimed and globally successful The Phantom Atlas, The Golden Atlas and The Sky Atlas comes a stunning new work. The Madman’s Library is a unique, beautifully illustrated journey through the entire history of literature, delving into its darkest territories to hunt down the very strangest books ever written, and uncover the fascinating stories behind their creation.

This is a madman’s library of eccentric and extraordinary volumes from around the world, many of which have been completely forgotten. Books written in blood and 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… and a few others that are just plain weird.

From the 605-page Quran written in the blood of Saddam Hussein, through the gorgeously decorated 15th-century lawsuit filed by the Devil against Jesus, to the lost art of binding books with human skin, every strand of strangeness imaginable (and many inconceivable) has been unearthed and bound together for a unique and richly illustrated collection ideal for every book-lover.

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Editorial: Simon & Schuster Uk

ISBN: 9781471166921

Idioma: Inglés

Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/10/2020


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Escrito por Edward Brooke Hitching


Hijo de un anticuario especializado en libros, Edward Brooke-Hitching es un coleccionista de libros raros y autor de varios superventas entre los que se incluyen Atlas de las grandes exploraciones, Libros peculiares, manuscritos extravagantes y otras curiosidades literarias y Atlas fantasma. Es guionista de QI, el popular programa de la BBC, y miembro de la Royal Geographical Society británica. Vive en Londres entre una polvorienta pila de libros antiguos y mapas.
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