Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings by Susie Dent #joyce Now available in the Bloomsbury

Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th anniversary of Stanislavski's birth

Full of gorgeous food and location photography

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they face a choice: stay silent while others are oppressed

and unrest grips France

Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings by Susie Dent #joyce Now available in the BloomsburyJoin Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE DAY WONDERS in the English language. Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS? What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER? Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk? What do bears have to do with LICKING INTO SHAPE? Or robbers with PULLING