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The Surgeon of Crowthorne
A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary
Penguin
Paperback
: 03 Jun 1999
£9.99
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Synopsis
Two distinguished looking Victorians, both learned and serious, yet from very different worlds: one a brilliant polymath, the other a madman and murderer
Dr James Murray, erudite and pious, who broke free from an impoverished childhood to become a towering figure of British scholarship and editor of the great Oxford English Dictionary.
Dr W. C. Minor, lascivious, charismatic, a millionaire American Civil War surgeon and homicidal lunatic. Confined to Broadmoor Asylum he pursued his passion for words and and became one of the most valued contributors to the OED.
Their lives and unlikely friendship are unravelled in Simon Winchester's classic work of detection.
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Customer Review: 13 February 2009
Reviewer: Robert Fridsham.
'Certainly one of the best books I have read. Interesting and informative on many levels and masterfully written. V. highly recommended.'
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Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780140271287
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 224
Published : 03 Jun 1999
Publisher : Penguin
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A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary
£9.99
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