The Adventure Of English: The Biography of a Language - Couverture souple

Bragg, Melvyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1473639069 ISBN 13 : 9781473639065

Editeur : Sceptre, 2016

Synopsis

REISSUED AS A SCEPTRE 30TH CLASSIC, with a new afterword by the author.

English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through the heart of world finance, medicine and the Internet, and it is understood by around two thousand million people across the world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years.

In this book 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. 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster whose first novel, For Want of a Nail, was published in 1965. His novels since include The Maid of Buttermere, The Soldier's Return, Credo and Now is the Time, which won the Parliamentary Book Award for fiction in 2016. His books have also been awarded the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the WHSmith Literary Award, and have been longlisted three times for the Booker Prize (including the Lost Man Booker Prize).
He has also written several works of non-fiction, including The Adventure of English and The Book of Books about the King James Bible. He lives in London and Cumbria.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'Told as an adventure story, and rightly so... Superb' Spectator

The biography of a language: an enthralling story of power, religion and trade, but also of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.

Originally inspired by his acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series 'The Roots of English', Melvyn Bragg's fascinating and thrilling history of our language was an instant bestseller on publication in 2003. It is a landmark work by one of Britain's most influential writers and broadcasters. This paperback edition, published to celebrate Sceptre's 30th anniversary, features an exclusive new afterword by the author.

'Always readable, often thought-provoking and consistently entertaining' Independent

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sceptre
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1473639069
• ISBN 13: 9781473639065
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible