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Simon Winchester

The Surgeon of Crowthorne

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Simon Winchester - The Surgeon of Crowthorne

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Simon Winchester is a fine writer and looks like every Englishman should.

The stories he tells are always fascinating and very well researched.

Watch him as he introduces this improbable real life story of a mad man and his lexicographical obsession.

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Category(ies): biography, history
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN Number: 0140271287