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Carpe DiemPut a Little Latin in Your Life by Harry Mount
$37.95 AUD
Category: Reference
In this lighthearted guided tour of Latin, journalist--and former Latin tutor--Mount breathes life back into the greatest language of all, drawing on everything from a Monty Python grammar lesson to Angelina Jolies tattoos.
Harry Mount's Odyssey - Ancient Greece in the Footsteps of Odysseus by Harry Mount
$39.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Reading Level: very good
Architecture, art, sculpture, economics, mathematics, science, metaphysics, comedy, tragedy, drama and epic poetry were all devised and perfected by the Greeks. Of the four classical orders of architecture, three were invented by the Greeks and the fourth, the only one the Romans could come up with, was ...Show more
How England Made the English: From Hedgerows to Heathrow by Harry Mount
$35.00 AUD
Category: History and Politics
For all their sophistication, Roman roads are responsible for the narrowness of our train seats today. The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as horse-drawn wagons; they, in turn, were designed to fit the ruts left in the road by Roman chariots. In this fascinating and witty book, Harry ...Show more
How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours by Harry Mount
$22.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
Harry Mount's "How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours" is packed with astonishing facts and wonderful stories. Q. Why are English train seats so narrow? A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as h ...Show more
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