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The surgeon of Crowthorne a tale of murder, madness and the love of words

The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental task involving thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest was W.C. Minor who corresponded with the Dictionary's editor, James Murray, for over twenty years without meeting him. Eventually Murray travelled to Crowthorne, Berkshire, to meet Minor. What he found was incredible: a millionaire American civil war surgeon, imprisoned for murder in Broadmoor Asylum. Simon Winchester tracks down this enthralling story in all its bizarre and fascinating detail.

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