Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics
- Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics
Infobox Book
name = Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics
image_caption = The paperback cover
author = William Donaldson
country = flagicon|UK United Kingdom
language = English
subject = Reference/Humour
publisher = Phoenix
pub_date = 26 September, 2002
media_type = Hardback
pages = 686
isbn = 0-75381-791-8
"Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics" is a reference book first published by Brewer's in 2002 and edited/compiled by the late William Donaldson.
The book is an esoteric look at some of the wilder characters emanating from the United Kingdom (and, while it was part of the United Kingdom, what is now the Republic of Ireland) and has been described as "a work of maniacal genius" [http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/referenceandlanguages/0,,872286,00.html] . It featured entries on eccentrics and rogues famous, infamous and little-known, including Beauchamp Bagenal, Lord Berners, John Aspinall and John Wilkes. Some entries, such as that on George Best, reflect a certain cynicism about media-created rogues.
ee also
*Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
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