The Professor and The Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester, Simon Winchester
The Professor and The Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
—
Simon Winchester, Simon Winchester
Add cover

The Professor and The Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester, Simon Winchester

missing page info Add in missing page information • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

National Bestseller!One of the greatest literary achievements in the history of English letters, the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, and drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds. But h...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...