The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary

Author(s): Simon Winchester

General History

"A wonderful story... It has all the ingredients of one of Patrick McGrath's icily stylish novels: madness, violence, arcane obsessions, weird learning, ghastly comedy" - John Banville, Literary Review. Two distinguished-looking Victorians, both learned and serious, yet from very different worlds: one a brilliant polymath, the other a madman and murderer.


Product Information

Simon Winchester has had an award-winning 20 year career as Guardian correspondent. He lives in New York and is the Asia-Pacific Editor for Conde Nast Traveler and contributes to a number of American magazines, as well as the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and the BBC. He has written numerous books. THE RIVER AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD (Viking 1997/Penguin 1998) has been shortlisted for the 1998 Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award.

General Fields

  • : 9780140271287
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Penguin (General UK)
  • : May 1999
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 14mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Simon Winchester
  • : Paperback
  • : English