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  • The Adventure of English

  • The Biography of a Language
  • Written by: Melvyn Bragg
  • Narrated by: Robert Powell
  • Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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Written by: Melvyn Bragg
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Publisher's Summary

This is 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.

The Adventure of English is not only an enthralling story of power, religion, and trade, but also the story of people, and how their lives continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.

©2003 Melvyn Bragg (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Critic Reviews

"Both entertaining and informative." (Booklist)

"This 'biography' succeeds in its broad, sweeping narrative." (Publishers Weekly)

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