ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH, THE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF A LANGUAGE

By Melvyn Bragg

Synopsis

The remarkable story of a language that began as a minor Germanic dialect, to its position as a global language. This is also the story of the people who shaped the language.

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Narrator	Robert Powell
Length	13hrs 30mins
Catalogue No.	7495
Publisher	Chivers/BBC Audiobooks

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