Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire by Terry Deary

Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire by Terry Deary

From the internationally bestselling author of Horrible Histories, the first volume in a new series for adults. 'Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in-for-me,' Julius Caesar cried as he fell under the thrusts of twenty daggers. Oh, all right, Caesar didn't cry that, Kenneth Williams did in the movie Carry on Cleo. But nor did he sigh 'Et tu, brute?' as Shakespeare would have us believe. The history we think we know is full of misconceptions, mischiefs, misunderstandings ...and monks who misused their spell-checkers. What the general reader needs is a history that explores our ancestors with humour and compassion. 'Humour' and 'history' are not two words you often see in the same sentence: our past was a dangerous and dirty place full of cruel rulers, foul food and terrible toilets. A short life, not a merry one, for most. Dangerous days in which to live and, inevitably, die. Die dreadfully too. 'Murder breathed her bloody steam.' That's what rhymester Byron said when he looked at the crumbling Coliseum. The Roman Emperors: they came, they saw, they left behind their bloody steam. This is their story - it could be the funniest history you'll ever read.

Terry Deary's first adult-rated version of his child-friendly Horrible Histories relishes "the terrors and the torments, the dirt, diseases and deaths suffered by our ancestors"-- Iain Finlayson THE TIMES

Terry Deary is the author of over 200 books which have sold more than 30 million copies, and was voted OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION AUTHOR OF THE 20TH CENTURY by BOOKS FOR KEEPS magazine. http://www.terry-deary.com/

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ISBN 13	9780297870562
ISBN 10	0297870564
Title	Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire
Author	Terry Deary
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2013-11-07
Number of pages	272
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