Limerick author's 'poisonous' books removed from Paris library
A COLLECTION by a Limerick author is among a number of - quite literally - poison pen volumes put in quarantine by France's national library.
Source: limerickpost.ie
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French national library quarantines 'poisonous' books
France's national library said Thursday it had removed four 19th-century books from its shelves whose emerald green covers were likely laced with highly poisonous arsenic.The National Library of France said it would also examine other green covered books "beyond the Poison Book Project list".
Source: yahoo.com
Arsenic-laced books removed from National Library of France
Victorian-era publishers used arsenic to colour book bindings.
Source: rnz.co.nz
Library in France Yanks Four Poisonous Books
The National Library of France has pulled four books from its shelves for the most unusual of reasons—they might be poisonous. As the AFP explains, this is not a metaphor....
Source: newser.com
Arsenic-laced books removed from National Library of France
The four 19th Century books have been removed from shelves and taken for further analysis.
Source: bbc.co.uk