Publisher's Synopsis
1. A short and understandable linguistic introduction to the history of french, from the oldest megaliths to the Eiffel Tower, from the oldest french text up to Moliere you can follow the development of almost 1000 years. All middle age texts are shown as is and translated to modern french. 2. An overview of all other languages spoken in France and their destiny. 3. La Francophonie: there are many countries where french is spoken, from Canada to Monaco. 4. The kindle Version contains links which show you interesting places and objects, for example you can visit the chapelle de Saint Michel where Tristan escaped or you can visit Ötzi on his Website. rr
