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The Pilgrim of Hate
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The Pilgrim of HateThe Pilgrim of Hate

Ellis Peters - The Pilgrim of Hate

As hundreds of pilgrims arrive at the shrine of St. Winifred, Brother Cadfael wonders if two of the pilgrims, obviously intensely bound to each other, are bound to the murder of a knight in Winchester.

 

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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the English Dictionary
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the English DictionaryWhen the editors of the English Dictionary put out a call during the late 19th century pleading for "men of letters" to provide help with their mammoth undertaking, hundreds of responses came forth. Some helpers, like Dr. W.C. Minor, provided literally thousands of entries to the editors. But Minor, an American expatriate in England and a Civil War veteran, was actually a certified lunatic who turned in his dictionary entries from the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Simon Winchester has produced a mesmerizing coda to the deeply troubled Minor's life, a life that in one sense began with the senseless murder of an innocent British brewery worker...

 
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