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The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language, by Melvyn Bragg

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The poem describing the Battle of Maldon is in Old English, full of the fury of alliteration, worked with words wisely woven.
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The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
by Melvyn Bragg
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