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Latin Love Lessons

Latin Love Lessons

by Charlotte Higgins (Author)

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    Hardcover 2007

    $3.42
Synopsis

It wasn't just under-floor heating, hot baths and roads that the Romans did first and best...Remember Latin translation? All those arrows and ramparts, and centurions forever striking camp...Let's cut straight to the fun part. Forget about battles and spears and rediscover all the best bits of Latin love poetry - from Ovid's tips on picking up girls and how to get away with cheating, to Catullus on how to deal with a broken heart and Virgil's textbook case of how not to dump a girlfriend. "Latin Love Lessons" is the perfect sequel to "Amo, amas, amat" - an approachable frolic around Roman romance. Pep up your love life with help from the original Latin lovers.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: Short Books Ltd
Published: 04 Oct 2007
ISBN 10: 1906021139
ISBN 13: 9781906021139

Media Reviews
Higgins takes the reader on a romp through the naughty bits of ancient verse, from the lewd epigrams of Catullus through to Ovid's instructions to the lover. As she points out...whatever Cosmopolitan might think, Virgil said it better. . . . A funny, gloriously erudite and charming book.--Scotland on Sunday
Author Bio
Charlotte Higgins has worked for the Guardian for 10 years in various guises, from 2001 as Classical Music Editor and from 2003 as Arts correspondent, covering cultural affairs for the paper's news section. She is also a regular contributor to its features and op-ed pages; and blogs regularly on its website. She began her career in journalism on Vogue magazine after a stint writing mail-order catalogue copy for a firm selling kitsch history-themed gifts. She read classics at Balliol College, Oxford.