'Fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'Word nerds, assemble! This is the book for us' LUCY MANGAN 'A delightfully impish book of behind-the-scenes literary mishaps' SUNDAY TIMES It's a long journey from a writer's mind to a finished book - and a lot needs to go right along the way. But isn't it more interesting when things go wrong? With an expert Penguin editor as your guide, dive into the dark-side of the book world: a secret history fizzing with scandals, rivalries, cock-ups and con jobs. We'll discover how the tiniest of typos can have oversized consequences, unearth horrifying examples of bad taste and worse style, and peek into tales of forgeries and feuds as dramatic as any thriller. We'll unredact the most egregious cases of censorship, expose hoarders and thieves, and ask: after centuries of man-made mischief, can the humble book survive the new machine age?
| ISBN: | 9781805221180 |
| Publication date: | 23rd April 2026 |
| Author: | Rebecca Lee |
| Publisher: | Profile Books an imprint of Profile |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
Language: history and general works Publishing and book trade Historical geography Writing and editing guides Historical and comparative linguistics Grammar, syntax and morphology Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
'Fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'Word nerds, assemble! This is the book for us' LUCY MANGAN 'A delightfully impish book of behind-the-scenes literary mishaps' SUNDAY TIMES It's a long journey from a writer's mind to a finished book - and a lot needs to go right along the way. But isn't it more interesting when things go wrong? With an expert Penguin editor as your guide, dive into the dark-side of the book world: a secret history fizzing with scandals, rivalries, cock-ups and con jobs. We'll discover how the tiniest of typos can have oversized consequences, unearth horrifying examples of bad taste and worse style, and peek into tales of forgeries and feuds as dramatic as any thriller. We'll unredact the most egregious cases of censorship, expose hoarders and thieves, and ask: after centuries of man-made mischief, can the humble book survive the new machine age?
Rogues, Widows and Orphans features in the following genres: Language: history and general works, Publishing and book trade, Historical geography, Writing and editing guides, Historical and comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Rogues, Widows and Orphans is available in Hardback
Rogues, Widows and Orphans was written by Rebecca Lee and published by Profile Books an imprint of Profile
Rogues, Widows and Orphans has 224 pages
£18.00