J.K. Rowling and Peter Needham: Distribuens Petasus

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Nov 17, 201910:29Education

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) has a delightful Latin version, Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (2003), by Peter Needham. Needham taught Classics at Eton for over thirty year...

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