Rome in Spectacular Cross-Section
Author(s): Andrew Solway
The scene is Rome in AD 128. Join up with Marcus Cotta and his 9-year-old son Titus as they spend a festival day together in Rome. Each picture shows in extraordinary detail the everyday scenes and major monuments of the imperial city. Numerous cutaways enable the reader to look into the buildings, to see what the people are doing and how the buildings are constructed. Travel through Rome in one day and see what life was really like in ancient times.
Product Information
The latest masterwork by bestselling cross-section specialist Stephen Biesty, now available in paperback
Shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Award (Best Book with Facts) 2005.
Stephen is the winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book award, shortlisted for the two major UK picture awards - Greenaway and Maschler. He lives in Somerset. Text written by Andrew Solway.
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General Fields
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- : Oxford University Press
- : Oxford University Press
- : 0.243
- : 01 September 2004
- : 340mm X 240mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Andrew Solway
- : Paperback
- : Stephen Biesty
- : 937
- : very good
- : 32
- : in full colour throughout