Well my look at the history of language continues with The Story of Spanish by Jean-Benoit Nadeau & Julie Barlow.
This book tells the story of Spanish from a historical &
sociological viewpoint. Basically we
follow the course of the Spanish language over time as it began in the “land of
the rabbits” and was changed by the people & places it found itself. This is not a book that explores grammar or
vocabulary at all & is in fact more history oriented then most books of its
type that I have read.