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Though we need no further convincing – as we know, Mr Gwynne is never wrong – here are just some of the many reasons why Latin is utterly wonderfuL:- Latin is an academic subject easy enough for the least intelligent of us to grasp all the basic elements of, and yet difficult enough to be demanding for its greatest scholars – For well over a thousand years it was the means of communication that united the whole of Europe culturally and in every other significant way – It is the direct ancestor of, between them, the five most widely-spoken European languages, and both of the official South American languages – It is the ancestor and source of more than half of the English language, partly directly and partly through French, which for some centuries was England’s official language. Now, did you now that?! Hardcover. First Edition published by Ebury Press 2014