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Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That - How to Become a Latin Lover (Paperback)
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Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That - How to Become a Latin Lover (Paperback)
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"If you know someone who missed out on Latin at school and wants to
live a happier life, you could do no better than give them Harry
Mount's entertainingly educative Latin primer." Daily Mail "Amo,
Amas, Amat is a diverting meander and Mount's love of Latin shines
out on every page." The Spectator "Latin without the pain."
Guardian "If you studied Latin at school this will bring back fond
memories, but even newcomers will be captivated by this witty and
entertaining book..." Yorkshire Evening Post Have you ever found
yourself irritated when a sine qua non or a mea culpa is thrown
into the conversation by a particularly annoying person? Or do
distant memories of afternoons spent struggling to learn obscure
verbs fill you with dread? Never fear! Or, as a Latin show-off
might say, Nil desperandum! 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, you
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.
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