HISTORY OF BRITAIN REVEALED: THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Edition: REV. ED.
Publisher: ICON
Published: 2006
Place of publication: CAMBRIDGE
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 199
Description: In gloriously corrosive prose, M.J. Harper destroys the cherished national myths of the English, the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish and? to demonstrate his lack of national bias? the French. He shows that:? Most of the entries in the Oxford English Dictionary are wrong? The whole of British place-name theory is misconceived? Latin is not what it seems? The Anglo-Saxons played no major part in our history or language? Middle English is a wholly imaginary language created by well-meaning but deluded academics. Unsentimental and truly original, The History of Britain Revealed will change the way you think about the history of the United Kingdom, the origin of the English language? and much else besides. It is an essential but rarely comforting read for anyone who believes history matters.