Explores the origins and evolution of the Spanish language, covering Hispania's Vulgar Latin of 800 AD, the language's development through the age of Queen Isabella and the rise of Spanish in the Americas.

A journey into the French heart, mind, and soul. Decrypts French ideas about land, food, privacy, and language. Weaves together the threads of French society from centralization and the Napoleonic Code to elite education and street protests, giving us for the first time a complete picture of the French.