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

The Professor & the Madman

A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

By
Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester
1998 • 200 pages

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