<p><b>"If you know someone who missed out on Latin at school and wants to live a happier life, you could do no better than give them Harry Mount''s entertainingly educative Latin primer." <i>Daily Mail</i><br><br>"<i>Amo, Amas, Amat</i> is a diverting meander and Mount''s love of Latin shines out on every page." <i>The Spectator</i><br><br>"Latin without the pain." <i>Guardian</i><br><br>"If you studied Latin at school this will bring back fond memories, but even newcomers will be captivated by this witty and entertaining book..." <i>Yorkshire Evening Post</i></b><br><br>Have you ever found yourself irritated when a <i>sine qua non</i> or a <i>mea culpa</i> is thrown into the conversation by a particularly annoying person? Or do distant memories of afternoons spent struggling to learn obscure verbs fill you with dread? Never fear! Or, as a Latin show-off might say, <i>Nil desperandum!</i><br><br>Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present