This book is a companion to the 5-part PBS television documentary series of the same name. It was written by Robert McCrum, William Cran and Robert MacNeil and published in 1986, with a later edition published in 1993.
The Story of English, a brilliant history of the evolution of the English language, takes you on a series of absorbing journeys across a vast expanse of time, space, and terrain - from Anglo-Saxon Britain to Reagan's America. In lively, anecdotal, and informative chapters, the authors show how English moved from the villages of Britain to the New World: how it was carried in slave ships from Africa to America's South; how it was scattered with the soldiers and servants of the British Empire to Australia, Canada, India, and the Far East.
Today, English is the language of international commerce, diplomacy, religion, and the popular arts. The Story of English is a fascinating, provocative survey of the varieties and idiosyncrasies of what has truly become the first global language.
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