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

Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language

Nicola Gardini with Todd Portnowitz (Translator)

256 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir informative reflective medium-paced
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A lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead languageFrom the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its end...

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informative 100%
challenging 50%
funny 33%
inspiring 33%
reflective 33%

Pace

medium 83%
slow 16%

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