The History of Britain Revealed - M. J. Harper

By now you will undoubtedly have gathered that I love language. Most especially I love the English language. Mind you, since that's the language I [mostly] speak, it would be strange if it were any other way. Over the years I have read a large number of books on the subject and many TV programmes, such as Eddie Izzard's "Mongrel Nation". What has surprised me is how the opinions on our origins and that of our language seem to be have been cast in stone, with very little dissent. With the publication of M J Harper's book, that all changes. That is really the basis of his book. Why is it that we speak English? What is English (and who are the ...  Read the complete review