Title: And you thought dictionaries were boring!
Product review: Winchester takes an academic subject and makes it read like a Victorian thriller. He weaves together the lives of two strange and complex men to tell a story that has touched the entire English speaking world -- the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary: THE authority on the progression of the English language over the past millenium. If you love history, language, literature, and tragedies this is a book for you. Beware, this book will make you want to run out and buy your own OED -- well, a full set will run you at least $1000! There are compact and CD-ROM versions available for under $200. I guess I'll just add it to my amazon wish list and hope....
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