Jean-Benoit Nadeau: "The Story of French" (St. Martin's Press)

Jean-Benoit Nadeau: "The Story of French" (St. Martin's Press)

Parlez-vous francais? The French language is often seen as complicated, romantic, or elitist, but in fact it is spoken by 175 million people all around the world. We'll learn about the history and future of French.

Parlez-vous francais? The French language is often seen as complicated, romantic, or elitist, but in fact it is spoken by 175 million people all around the world. We'll learn about the history and future of French.

Guests

Jean-Benoit Nadeau

Montreal-based journalist. He co-authored this book with his wife Julie Barlow; the two are also co-authors of "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong."

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