Amo, Amas, Amat... and All That: How to Become a Latin Lover Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Amo, Amas, Amat... and All That: How to Become a Latin Lover Book

Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present indicative of volo (vult) may be a long time ago. But if you have the vaguest memory of the ablative absolute the locative and the gerund your mastery of Latin will spring back to life with Amo amas amat ... and all that. ; ; In his trip through the world's most influential language Harry Mount uncorks its magic drawing on Latin lovers from Kingsley Amis to John Cleese from Evelyn Waugh to Donna Tart. ; ; Read this book and you will know Latin. Know Latin and - mirabile dictu - you will know Wilfred Owen's misery Catullus's aching heart and the comedy of a thousand bachelor schoolmasters.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    In his trip through the world's most influential language - Latin, the author uncorks its magic, drawing on Latin lovers from Kingsley Amis to John Cleese, from Evelyn Waugh to Donna Tart. Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember...

  • 1904977545
  • 9781904977544
  • Harry Mount
  • 2 November 2006
  • Short Books Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 269
  • illustrated edition
  • Illustrated
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