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The adventure of English the biography of a language

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Main Author: Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Time Warner Book Group, 2004.
Edition:First U.S. ed.
Subjects:
English language > History.
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Item Description:Originally published: U.K. : Hodder & Stoughton, 2003.
Physical Description:xii, 322 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.
ISBN:1559707100
Author Notes:Melvyn Bragg is a British writer and broadcaster. His novels include The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, Without a City Wall, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Soldier's Return, winner of the WHSmith Literary Award, A Son of War and Crossing the Lines, both of which were longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and most recently Grace and Mary. He has also written several works of non-fiction, the latest being The Book of Books about the King James Bible. In 2015, his book The Adventure of English became a New York Times bestseller. He lives in London and Cumbria.

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