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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness, and the Oxford English Dictionary
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness, and the Oxford English DictionaryThe Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness, and the Oxford English DictionaryThe Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness, and the Oxford English Dictionary

The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness, and the Oxford English Dictionary

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BookThe Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words
Copyright HolderSimon Winchester
PublisherPenguin Books
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York, NY
Copyright1998
This Edition Published1999
Printed1999
Pages / Font242 pages
ISBN0 14 027128 7
ChaptersPreface 1. The Dead of Night in Lambeth Marsh 2. The Man Who Taught Latin to Cattle 3. The Madness of War 4. Gathering Earth's Daughters 5. The Big Dictionary Conceived 6. The Scholar in Cell Block Two 7. Entering the Lists 8. Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat 9. The Meeting of Minds 10. The Unkindest Cut 11. Then Only the Monuments Postscript Author's Note Acknowledgments Suggestions for Further Reading
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