About the Author

Harry Mount read Classics at Oxford and was a Latin tutor before becoming a journalist. He has been a leader-writer and New York correspondent at the Daily Telegraph. His memoir of his time as a barrister's pupil, My Brief Career, is also published by Short Books

Reviews

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*

a diverting meander... Mount's love of Latin shines out on every page
*The Spectator*

Latin without the pain
*The 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*