{"product_id":"dictionary-of-english-down-the-ages","title":"Dictionary of English Down the Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eColumbus' discovery of America introduced to Europe new foodstuffs such as chilli and chocolate - and the words that described them. The Normans gave us the feudal system and curfews, while the flourishing of Dutch art in the seventeenth century introduced easels, etchings and landscapes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBefore the 1970s green was a colour with connotations of naivety rather than ecology and until 1990 webs were mostly attached to spiders. Starting from 1066 and working through to the modern-day boom in techno-speak, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDictionary of English Down the Ages\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e links hundreds of words with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43237121589417,"sku":"9781856266031","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/dictionary-of-english-down-the-ages.webp?v=1695171245","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/dictionary-of-english-down-the-ages","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}