A Concise History of the Oxford English Dictionary

About the Author

I've been writing for years, I even enjoyed 'composition' as a little child in my first life. I wrote stories for my own children when they were young, but then clamped my imagination during my second life whilst writing technical stuff and publishing a newsletter for many years. In my third life the restraint has gone, the imagination runs free and I write what I want to - I hope that you like some of it. In my past life in the technical world I was often puzzled by colleagues who hated writing in the way that some people hate maths.They were forced to write whereas the pen had to be wrested from my hand. My first full book was published in 1991, It followed many technical papers and articles and was followed by two newsletters which I edited, and mostly wrote, for the next ten years. Four more technical books appeared after which I abandoned the world of technology and began doing my own thing. I travelled, became an Oxford city guide, and wrote a number of books and articles, some fiction, some non-fiction. You can see my books and more at www.robsbookshop.com -