"Sue Wright's intellectually provocative book holds real implications for EU policies, for educational policies, and for governments that still act as they did in the nineteenth century." - Christina Paulston, University of Pittsburgh, USA "One of the best attempts to treat the subject of language in modern Europe I've ever read. Sue Wright not only masters the relevant details of European history but also the historical interpretations of those details." - John E. Joseph, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, UK