The creation of the first Oxford English Dictionary was an extraordinary endeavour, lasting over 70 years. In The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester recounted one fascinating episode; in The Meaning of Everything, he tells the whole story of the host of characters who carried out 'the greatest enterprise of its kind in history'.
The creation of the first Oxford English Dictionary was an extraordinary endeavour, lasting over 70 years. In The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester recounted one fascinating episode; in The Meaning of Everything, he tells the whole story of the host of characters who carried out 'the greatest enterprise of its kind in history'.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Simon Winchester, OBE, is a British writer, journalist, and broadcaster. As a journalist he covered major events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. He is the author of Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories (2010), The Professor and the Madman (1999), The Map that Changed the World (2001), and A Crack in the Edge of the World (2005), all of which have been New York Times bestsellers.
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Foreword Prologue 1: Taking the Measure of It All 2: The Construction of the Pigeon-Holes 3: The General Officer Commanding 4: Battling the Undertow 5: Pushing through the Untrodden Forest 6: So Heavily Goes the Chariot 7: The Hermit and the Murderer - and Hereward Thimbleby Price 8: From Take to Turndown - and then, Triumphal Valediction Epilogue: And Always Beginning Again Bibliography and Further Reading Index
Foreword Prologue 1: Taking the Measure of It All 2: The Construction of the Pigeon-Holes 3: The General Officer Commanding 4: Battling the Undertow 5: Pushing through the Untrodden Forest 6: So Heavily Goes the Chariot 7: The Hermit and the Murderer - and Hereward Thimbleby Price 8: From Take to Turndown - and then, Triumphal Valediction Epilogue: And Always Beginning Again Bibliography and Further Reading Index
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