The Adventure of English
The Biography of a Language
(Sprache: Englisch)
'Superb'
Spectator
'Consistently entertaining'
Independent
'Impressive and sage'
New Statesman
'Bragg's affection for his subject is infectious'
Observer
English is the collective work of millions of people...
Spectator
'Consistently entertaining'
Independent
'Impressive and sage'
New Statesman
'Bragg's affection for his subject is infectious'
Observer
English is the collective work of millions of people...
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'Superb'Spectator
'Consistently entertaining'
Independent
'Impressive and sage'
New Statesman
'Bragg's affection for his subject is infectious'
Observer
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.
Autoren-Porträt von Melvyn Bragg
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, A Son of War, 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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Melvyn Bragg
- 2003, 368 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, 2 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 12,8 x 19,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Sceptre
- ISBN-10: 0340829931
- ISBN-13: 9780340829936
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2004
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Melvyn Bragg's superb new history of the English language is told as an adventure story, and rightly so. There is much splendid intellectual firepower in this book. Andrew Roberts, Spectator
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