Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language by Nicola Gardini

Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language

Nicola Gardini

256 pages first pub 2021 (view editions)

nonfiction history memoir informative reflective medium-paced
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Long Live Latin is ideal for curious readers who cherish the interplay of language and history, seeking to uncover how ancient words shape modern identities through timeless reflection and intellectual passion.

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Virgil gave us the Aeneid, and Ovid the Metamorphoses; Lucretius analysed the material world and Caesar interrogated how we view reality through the lens of reason - but what does Latin offer us today? Often seen as the bulky relic of school curri...

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