Books by Nicholas Ostler
Nicholas Ostler is a linguist and author.
“It’s a brilliant book explaining how and why Latin became the European language.” Read more...
The best books on Learning Latin
Harry Mount, Journalist
Empires of the Word
by Nicholas Ostler
It’s a history of all languages. To try and write a history of the whole of language is an incredibly audacious thing, and Ostler pulls it off
Interviews with Nicholas Ostler
The best books on The History and Diversity of Language, recommended by Nicholas Ostler
The scholar of language tells us about the progress of the spoken word from 3000 BC to today, how two languages disappear every month, and the 50,000-word novel written without using the letter “e”
Interviews where books by Nicholas Ostler were recommended
The best books on Language, recommended by Henry Hitchings
The wordsmith and cultural historian debunks common myths about English, recommends the smartest writing about words, and says apostrophes are “orthographic squiggles” not worth fighting for.
The best books on Learning Latin, recommended by Harry Mount
What books should you read if you want to learn Latin? Harry Mount (and Katie Walker) recommend the best books for learning Latin—the language of a small, central Italian tribe that managed to conquer most of Europe.
