It's True! The Romans were the real gangsters (6) John

Name: It's True! The Romans were the real gangsters (6) By John
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It's True! The Romans were the real gangsters (6) by John

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You're about to discover that the Romans were truly gory. This book is full of lying, cheating, stabbing, vomiting and general bad behaviour. There are severed heads on spears, messy massacres and streets flowing with blood. Find out who threw mud, who wore a purple toga and who was just plain crazy! Ages 8+.

It's True! The Romans were the real gangsters (6) Summary

It's True! The Romans were the real gangsters (6) by John

Psst! It's true! This is the best book on ROMANS you'll ever read!Marius butchered his enemies, Crassus stole, Clodius lied and Julius Caesar didn't care about anyone other than Julius Caesar. It's true: the Romans were gangsters.This book is full of cheating, stabbing, vomiting and general bad behaviour. There are severed heads on spears, messy massacres and streets flowing with blood. Find out who wore a purple-striped toga, who was crooked, who was mean and who was just plain crazy.Brain your buddies with bizarre facts about the bad boys of BC

It's True! The Romans were the real gangsters (6) Reviews

How can a young reader not pause to pick up any of the It's True!nonfiction series? They have what must surely be the funkiest, attention-grapping titles on any bookshelf loads of utterly fascinating information and trivia delivered in a most engaging flip style. Great fun yet authoritatively researched Cover to cover, they are simply irresistible. Kevin Steinberger, Magpiesvol 20, No. 3, July 2005.much more interesting than a history book' Dean Worth, Year 7 Mourilyan State School, in Cairns Post19/10/04

About John

After painting a girl's hair blue in kindergarten, Joshua Wright knew the artistic life beckoned.His drawings and stories are full of mayhem and adventure, just like ancient Rome. He is the creator of the popular graphic novels Plotless Pointless Pathetic and Hapless Hopeless Horrible, recently adapted into a successful stage play by RMIT.When John Wright left Australia to become an academic in the UK, he had to give up surfing and football. So, as well as writing scholarly articles, he has now taken up Kendo lessons with some of the finest samurai in England. According to his brother Joshua, John Wright is an ancient history nut'. He wrote this book during a solo archaeological fact-finding expedition in Egypt.

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GOR003463525

ISBN 13

9781741143003

ISBN 10

1741143004

Title

It's True! The Romans were the real gangsters (6) by John

Author

John

Condition

Used - Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

Year published

20040501

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