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Liber prosperissimus et mirabilis ex Britannia ad Americam tandem advenit! Umquam vexatus es quando homo inritans "sine qua non" aut "mea culpa" dicit? Aut postmeridiana tempora vetera, quando verba obscura ediscere conatus es, terrunt? Nil desperandum! Linguae Latinae hoc in itinere... read more
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First Sentence edit
Angelina Jolie did not study Latin at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in Los Angeles, which she attended from the age of eleven in the mid-'80s.
Table of Contents edit
1. Introduction
2. Prosecco and Pistachio--or How To Read This Book
3. Back to Basics--Sex, Cases, and Word Order
4. George Orwell, Berks, and Wankers--or How To Translate Latin into Lovely English
5. Diana the Huntress and Camilla the Virgin Queen--Roman Gods and Goddesses
6. Tuscan Columns and the Historical Importance of My Fair Lady--a Quick Cultural Tour of Rome
7. To All the Sirs I've Loved Before--Latin Teachers I Have Known
8. The Good, The Bad, and the Other Adjectives
9. Verbal Abuse and the John Cleese Guide to Latin
10. Thank Jupiter Boadicea Lost--Rome's Legacy to the Western World
11. Beware the Ides of March--Roman Dates, Numbers, Weights, and Measures
12. Golden Latin--or How To Write Like Cicero
13. When in Rome, Talk as the Romans Talk--a Latin Phrasebook
14. Latin's Tense Future--a Conclusion
Acknowledgments
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Harry Mount (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hyperion
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 1401322344
Page Count: 270
Publisher: Hyperion
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 1401322344
Page Count: 270
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 478.2421
Subjects edit
- Books › Reference › Foreign Languages › Instruction › Latin
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