Publisher Description

For anyone who has ever felt that perhaps their education was lacking the depth and variety of the good old days, this book contains everything you wish you knew in an easily digestible form.

Notes

Subtitled, The Stuff You Wish You Had Been Taught At School. Covers all the main subjects, from Classical literature and languages, history and philosophy, art and architecture, and more.

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Do you wish your Latin education extended beyond veni, vidi, vici? Or that the Greek alphabet weren't, well, all Greek to you?From engineering and architecture to drama and democracy, the world around us is founded on the principles and discoveries of the Ancients. So carpe diem and delve into this book - it is never too late to learn.'See if you can tell your Tantalus from your Tacitus!' - Daily Telegraph'If you wished you'd paid more attention at school, then this is the book for you. Fascinating!' - Yorkshire Post

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Do you wish your Latin education extended beyond veni, vidi, vici? Or that the Greek alphabet weren't, well, all Greek to you?From engineering and architecture to drama and democracy, the world around us is founded on the principles and discoveries of the Ancients. So carpe diem and delve into this book - it is never too late to learn.'See if you can tell your Tantalus from your Tacitus!' - Daily Telegraph'If you wished you'd paid more attention at school, then this is the book for you. Fascinating!' - Yorkshire Post

Author Biography

Caroline Taggart is the bestselling author of I Used to Know That and, in the same series, A Classical Education and An Apple a Day. She also co-wrote My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?). Her other books include Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English, The Book of English Place Names and The Book of London Place Names. She also appears frequently on radio and TV giving her opinion on such subjects as whether or not there should be an apostrophe in Druids Cross and, if so, where it should go.

Review

See if you can tell your Tantalus from your Tacitus! * The Daily Telegraph *
This book aims to fill you in on the stuff you wish you'd been taught at school * The Times *
An invaluable overview of the principles and discoveries of the Ancients, providing all those classical facts that modern schooling leaves out... and many more * Lancashire Evening Post *
A cutely old-fashioned volume covered in Roman centurions' helmets * Yorkshire Post *
This book will jog the memory just enough, reviving tales of heroic deeds and ungodly behaviour, without getting bogged down in dull technicalities * The Field *
If you wished you'd paid more attention at school, then this is the book for you. Fascinating! * The Good Book Guide *

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A Classical Education provides all of these classical facts that modern schooling leaves out, and many more.

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See if you can tell your Tantalus from your Tacitus!

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See if you can tell your Tantalus from your Tacitus!

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A Classical Education provides all of these classical facts that modern schooling leaves out, and many more.

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For anyone who has ever felt that their education was lacking the richness and variety of the good old days, A Classical Education contains everything you wish you knew in an easily digestible form

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