Amo, Amas, Amat... and All That

Amo, Amas, Amat... and All That by Harry Mount. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781904977544.

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 worlds 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 Owens misery, Catulluss aching heart and the comedy of a thousand bachelor schoolmasters.