"The Story of French", like any good story, tells of spectacular failures and unexpected success. This is the story of the French language - second only to English for the number of countries where it is officially spoken. A language that is the official tongue of two G-7 countries and three European nations. A language with rules so complex that only a few people ever completely master it.Nadeau and Barlow show the readers - through their own experiences of living and travelling to French-speaking countries - how the French language developed and changed over the centuries, how it came to be spoken in the Americas, Africa and Asia and how it gained and maintained its global appeal - unravelling the mystique of a language that has been mysterious for too long. Written in a chronological narrative spanning more than 10 centuries, from ancient French dialects of the 8th century to the present-day French spoken in Quebec, Algeria, Beirut and more.While the story of the French language may have began over a thousand years ago, it is far from over...The sequel to "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong".
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Partners in life and writing, award-winning Canadian journalist -authors Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow are among the rare journalists who write for Canadian, American and European publications in both English and French. They are the authors of the hugely successful Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong. They are presently based in Montreal and Paris.
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This book is fantastic, both for the story of French and the history around it. I attempted the book by Graham Robb and gave up, this book I couldn't put down. Quite simply this is the best book I'm likely to read on this subject. Five+ stars.
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