Synopsis
'Marvellous . . . I read it with astonished delight . . . It is equally scholarly and entertaining.' - Jan Morris
'Quirky and compelling.' - The Times
Once we've learned it as children, few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song order. And yet the order of the alphabet, that simple knowledge that we...
Details
06 February 2020272 pages
9781509881567Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Marvellous . . . I read it with astonished delight . . . It is equally scholarly and entertaining.Jan Morris
Quirky and compelling . . . She is a meticulous historian with a taste for the offbeat; the story of the alphabet suits her well . . . Fascinating.Dan Jones, Sunday Times
A library and academic essential.Libby Purves, The Times
One of the many fascinations of Judith Flanders’s book is that it reveals what a weird, unlikely creation the alphabet is.Joe Moran, Guardian
