Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Author(s): Camilla Rockwood (ed.)

Dictionary/Thesaurus

This revised and expanded edition features hundreds of new entries on everything from blogs and designer babies to New York's mysterious sewer-dwelling alligators, as well as a selection of 'heritage entries' from a Victorian edition of Brewer's: see enchanted castles, magic garters and poison detectors.The sheer scope of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, together with its delightful mix of scholarship and eccentricity, makes it a must for every 21st-century bookshelf.Brewer's. Take the scenic route to knowledge.

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An idiosyncratic adventure, pulling you in and saying: "this is, in fact, not what you werelooking for; but it's much more interesting." -- Terry Pratchett Of all the dictionaries in the world [Brewer's] is the most like a treasure-hunt, where one phrase leads to another, and that to a third, and before you know what's happened, it's time for lunch. -- Philip Pullman Brewer's head-words are so enticing and his definitions so eloquent that it's impossible to stop at one. An addiction may develop. -- Carol Rumens, The Independent 20080912

General Fields

  • : 9780550104113
  • : Hodder & Stoughton
  • : 1.64
  • : August 2009
  • : 252mm X 168mm X 57mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Camilla Rockwood (ed.)
  • : Hardback
  • : 18th Revised edition
  • : English
  • : 423.1
  • : very good
  • : 1488
  • : Dictionaries; Reference works
  • : Illustrations