The History of Britain Revealed: The Shocking Truth About the English Language

by M.J. Harper

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199 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[David Allen White · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for the second time, mainly because I'm watching The Last Kingdom, and in one episode there was a reference to "speaking English." The story is set in the 9th century, and I commented that in the 9th century the English language did not exist, that it was a product of the Norman Conquest. That is a generally accepted theory which is not really capable of proof, and this author takes a different view. He has been roundly dismissed in some of the reviews on Amazon, but I find some of what he says to be, well, maybe not quite convincing, but worth thinking about. He also has something to say about the origin of Latin which I find intriguing. I have always been interested in languages, how they develop, how they are related. I really think this book is worth reading.

[Moira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hilariously funny in places, but the author is plainly a man with an axe to grind. A BIG one. My theory is that he was bitten by an academic when he was a baby. I wouldn't completely discount what he says - that the Anglo-Saxons were not the major formative influence on the English language as received wisdom would have us believe - but he'd have been more convincing if he'd been a little less rabid.

[Gary Bonn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Somewhere on the cover of this book are the words, 'The most outrageous book I've ever read'.
Quite.

Harper is a fierce bull and the world of academia a china shop. It gets very messy (and entertaining) as theories tumble to their destruction like falling Ming vases.

Brilliant and uttely hilarious.

[Clair · Rating 1 out of 5]

I've finished reading this, but only because I cannot read anymore. As I said in my earlier update...he is a very angry man yelling about academics whilst not providing any proof or backing up any of his arguments. He basically just hates historians and has a temper tantrum for the entire book.