I usually do have to be corrected. Here I was complaining, to everyone who would listen, including my book group, and I will have to remember to apologize and set the record straight next month. I really didn't like
The Professor and the Madman: a Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary. And I kept telling myself and everyone that I thought it was just trying to capitalize on the success of
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and the Fair that Changed America, which I LOVED!
Here TPATM came out before TDITWC! Oh well.
Maybe it is just that I think that architectural history is WAY more interesting than
lexicology! WAY MORE interesting!
Also, I am not a big fan of British history or British arrogance, which seems to go hand in hand for me, whether it is British past, present or future. That is probably the biggest reason why I didn't like this book.
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