Books by Nicholas Ostler

Nicholas Ostler is the author of the critically acclaimed Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World. He studied Greek, Latin and Philosophy at the University of Oxford and holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from MIT. With a working knowledge of twenty-six languages, Nicholas now runs an institute for the protection of endangered languages, an international organization that provides funding and support to document and revive dying languages. He lives in Bath.