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The Man's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching - 3. Hoaxes, Encyclopaedias and Fish - BBC Sounds

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The Man's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching

3. Hoaxes, Encyclopaedias and Fish3. Hoaxes, Encyclopaedias and Fish

Released On: 14 Jul 2021

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Literary hoaxes, lexicons, phrasebooks and the birth of the encyclopaedia.

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