The Adventure of English
The Biography of a Language
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Narrated by:
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Melvyn Bragg
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Written by:
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Melvyn Bragg
About this listen
In this audiobook, Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English language, from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. Embracing elements of Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, and Gullah, this 1,500-year story covers a huge range of countries and peoples.
The Adventure of English is not only an enthralling story of power, religion, and trade, but also the story of people and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.
©2003 Melvyn Bragg (P)2003 Hodder and Stoughton Audiobooks