Peter Mark Roget: The Man Who Became a Book - Couverture rigide

Rennison, Nick

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ISBN 10 : 1904048641 ISBN 13 : 9781904048640

Editeur : Pocket Essentials, 2007

Synopsis

Every day, thousands of people worldwide consult Roget's Thesaurus. How many stop to consider why that endlessly useful reference book is so called? How many know anything about the man behind it? Nick Rennison's biography reveals the full story of Roget's involvement with the great issues and the great personalities of the 19th century and recounts the forgotten life behind one of the most famous of all reference books.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

NICK RENNISON is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in modern history and in crime fiction. He is the author of Riots and Rebels: A Pocket Essential History of Popular Protest in Britain, 1974: Scenes from a Year of Crisis, 1922: Scenes from a Turbulent Year, A Short History of Polar Exploration, Peter Mark Roget: A Biography, Freud and Psychoanalysis, Robin Hood: Myth, History & Culture and Bohemian London, published by Oldcastle Books, and the editor of six anthologies of short stories for No Exit Press. He is also the author of The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction, 100 Must-Read Crime Novels and Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography. His crime novels, Carver's Quest and Carver's Truth, both set in nineteenth-century London, are published by Corvus. He is a regular reviewer for both The Sunday Times and Daily Mail.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pocket Essentials
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904048641
• ISBN 13: 9781904048640
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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