Henry Hitchings
Henry Hitchings was born in 1974. He has written mainly about language and history, starting with Dr Johnson's Dictionary . The Secret Life of Words won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award, as well as seeing him shortlisted for the title of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. The Language Wars completed what was in effect a trilogy of books about language. He is a prolific critic and has made several programmes for radio and television on subjects including Erasmus...See more
Henry Hitchings was born in 1974. He has written mainly about language and history, starting with Dr Johnson's Dictionary . The Secret Life of Words won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award, as well as seeing him shortlisted for the title of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. The Language Wars completed what was in effect a trilogy of books about language. He is a prolific critic and has made several programmes for radio and television on subjects including Erasmus Darwin, the eighteenth-century English novel and the history of manners. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. See less
Henry Hitchings's Featured Books
Henry Hitchings book reviews
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The Secret Life of Words
A fun Read for the Nerdy
Hitchings presents a fun read that is intriguing and rather droll sometimes, but one that keeps the reader interested in the words
of English and their etymologies, i.e., histories. The over all ... Read More
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The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English
by JackieJ, Mar 18, 2010
Very fun but not easy reading. Makes a great bathroom reader Read More
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Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary
The world at large
by Vana, Aug 24, 2007
A book of value to an eighteenth century student in literature and society. It avoids successfully the re-re-telling of Dr Johnson's biography but manages at the same time to give the reader an ... Read More
