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Robert McCrum

Author of The Story of English

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Works by Robert McCrum

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The Story of English 1,760 copies, 17 reviews
Wodehouse: A Life 287 copies, 6 reviews
Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language 146 copies, 7 reviews
My Year Off: Recovering Life After a Stroke 55 copies, 4 reviews
In the Secret State 29 copies
Suspicion 16 copies, 1 review
The Fabulous Englishman 13 copies
The Psychological Moment 10 copies
Mainland 7 copies
The Brontosaurus Birthday Cake 6 copies
Jubilee 5 copies
A Loss of Heart 4 copies
On Reading: Notes on the literary landscape, 1995-2012 (Guardian Shorts) 3 copies, 1 review
The World Is a Banana 3 copies

Millennium Experience: The Guide 2 copies

The Story of English [videorecording] 1 copy

De miljonair en de tovermuis 1 copy

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The English Language (Introduction, some editions) 287 copies, 3 reviews

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Sherborne School, Dorset, England, UK

University of Cambridge (Corpus Christi College)

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McCrum, Michael (father)

Lyall, Sarah (wife)

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