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A Classical Education
Caroline Taggart
Extent: 192pages
Size: 198x129mm
Publication Date: 04/04/2013
About the Book
'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
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A Classical Education is a must-have for anyone feeling let down by modern schooling.
How many times have you wished that your history stretched all the way back to Greek and Roman myths and legends? Or that you'd been taught Latin at school? Or perhaps you wish you knew all about the great inventions and medical developments that have made our world what it is today? A Classical Education provides all of these classical facts that modern schooling leaves out, and many more.
Perfect for parents who wish to broaden their children's education, as well as for those who would simply like to learn or relearn the facts themselves, A Classical Education is informative and educational, but above all accessible. Subjects include: Latin and Greek; Logic and philosophy; Natural sciences; Art and architecture; Poetry and drama; History and Classical literature.
Publication Date: 11/06/2009
Price: £4.99
ISBN: 9781843175308
Categories: Science - History - Philosophy
About the Book
'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
______________________
A Classical Education is a must-have for anyone feeling let down by modern schooling.
How many times have you wished that your history stretched all the way back to Greek and Roman myths and legends? Or that you'd been taught Latin at school? Or perhaps you wish you knew all about the great inventions and medical developments that have made our world what it is today? A Classical Education provides all of these classical facts that modern schooling leaves out, and many more.
Perfect for parents who wish to broaden their children's education, as well as for those who would simply like to learn or relearn the facts themselves, A Classical Education is informative and educational, but above all accessible. Subjects include: Latin and Greek; Logic and philosophy; Natural sciences; Art and architecture; Poetry and drama; History and Classical literature.
About the Author
Caroline Taggart worked in publishing as an editor of popular non-fiction for thirty years before being asked by Michael O'Mara Books to write I Used to Know That, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. Following that she was co-author of My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?), and wrote a number of other books about words and English usage. She has appeared frequently on television and on national and regional radio, talking about language, grammar and whether or not Druids Cross should have an apostrophe.
Her website is carolinetaggart.co.uk and you can follow her on Twitter @citaggart.
Reviews
- '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