So, I bought a bunch of romance books online today.
I know what you’re probably thinking, and let me assure you, they are NOT particularly trashy — instead, they’re erudite and well researched.

  • Peter Boyd-Bowman, From Latin to Romance in Sound Charts
  • Charles H. Grandgent, An Introduction to Vulgar Latin
  • (OK, this one might be trashy… ;-) )

  • Anna Lepschy, The Italian Language Today
  • Ralph Penny, A History of the Spanish Language
  • Rebecca Posner, The Romance Languages
  • Peter Rickard, A History of the French Language

*rimshot*