The Adventure of English
Melvyn Bragg Audio Book

An expansion of the ideas and research contained in the acclaimed ITV series, 'The Adventure of English 500AD to 2000'.

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. Understood by around two thousand million people across the world, English seems set to go on. Yet it was very nearly wiped out. '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 continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.