Mark Forsyth’s Ternion Set

by Mark Forsyth

In one gifty box set for the very first time, Mark Forsyth’s witty and erudite books on the wonders of the English language.

In The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase, Mark Forsyth explores writing style and rhetoric, divulging tricks used by the Ancient Greeks to Katy Perry, demonstrating that certain phrases – like ‘Bond, James Bond’ – are effective because it’s not what you say, but how you say it.

The Horologicon: A Day’s Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language, is an unusual book on weird words for familiar situations, from ante-jentacular to snudge, arranged according to the hour of the day when you really need them.

And the Sunday Times Number One bestseller, The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language, is a book on the strange connections between words, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

Genres: Nonfiction

768 pages, Hardcover

First published November 6, 2014

About the author

Mark Forsyth is a writer, journalist and blogger. Every job he’s ever had, whether as a ghost-writer or proof-reader or copy-writer, has been to do with words. He started The Inky Fool blog in 2009 and now writes a post almost every day. The blog has received worldwide attention and enjoys an average of 4,000 hits per week.

Mr. Forsyth currently resides in London.

Reviews

[Father Fam · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a Father gives lectures almost daily and by early first few papers I loved this book

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting to dip into and out of every now and then.