by Simon Winchester · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140271287
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«The Surgeon of Crowthorne» is Simon Winchester's historical chronicle, published by Penguin in paperback (224 pages, in English).
The work narrates the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, a fifty-year project with thousands of volunteers. Among them stood out Dr. W. C. Minor, a tireless contributor who never came to Oxford; editor James Murray went to Crowthorne and discovered that Minor, an American surgeon, was confined at Broadmoor for murder.
Published in 1999, the work bears the subtitle «A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary» and falls within historical biography and lexicography.
For readers interested in the history of language, historical biography, and real cases with a criminal background.
Simon Winchester is a British-American author and journalist. In his career at The Guardian newspaper, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. Winchester has written or contributed to over 30 best-selling nonfiction books, one novel, and several magazines, among them Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic.
