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The Surgeon of Crowthorne

The Murder, Mystery and Madness of the Oxford English Dictionary

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The Surgeon of Crowthorne

De: Simon Winchester
Narrado por: Simon Winchester
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The compiling of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental task. It took 50 years, even with the help of numerous contributors. Among the most prolific was William Chester Minor, who sent editor James Murray thousands of extracts.

On many occasions, Murray invited this mysterious correspondent to Oxford, but the invitation was always declined. Finally stirred by curiosity, Murray himself went to visit Minor. What he found was shocking: Minor lived in Broadmoor asylum. He was a millionaire, an expert on the English language, and a qualified surgeon, but he was imprisoned as a lunatic for murder.

©1998 Simon Winchester (P)2005 W. F. Howes Ltd Biografías y Memorias Palabras, Idiomas y Gramática Crímenes Reales Histórico

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Couldn't finish it - it is just so dry. The research is incredible but it is just a collection of dates, names, and places. All the characters are well-to-do, educated men, so it's just a bunch of poshos writing back and forth to each other.

I really tried.

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