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The History of Britain Revealed - Couverture souple

Harper, M. J.

 
9781840468359: The History of Britain Revealed
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1840468351 ISBN 13 : 9781840468359
Editeur : Icon Books, 2007

Synopsis

This is a truly original blistering attack on the standard history of Britain and the origins of the English language. Think you know where the English language came from? Think again. In gloriously corrosive prose, M.J. Harper destroys the cherished national myths of the English, the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish and - to demonstrate his lack of national bias - the French. He shows that: most of the entries in the Oxford English Dictionary are wrong; the whole of British place-name theory is misconceived; Latin is not what it seems; the Anglo-Saxons played no major part in our history or language; and middle English is a wholly imaginary language created by well-meaning but deluded academics. Iconoclastic, unsentimental and truly original, "The History of Britain Revealed" will change the way you think about the history of the United Kingdom, the origin of the English language - and much else besides. It is an essential but rarely comforting read for anyone who believes that history matters.

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À propos de l'auteur

M.J. Harper is an author, revisionist historian and self-proclaimed proud contrarian who lives in Notting Hill, London.

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Éditeur
Icon Books
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1840468351
ISBN 13 
9781840468359
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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