The Adventure of English

The Adventure of English The Biography of a Language

Melvyn Bragg2004
A history of the English language traces its evolution from a gutteral Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern global form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as the early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare. Reprint.
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