S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome -- Mary Beard, Paperback Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction There is also a teaching

There is also a teaching moment for the bossy sister who comes to see that everything doesn't have to work out the way she planned in order to be wonderful

to reveal how extraordinary life really is

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whose horror will echo for generations

She's come home from France

S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome -- Mary Beard, Paperback Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction There is also a teachingIn SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" (Economist) in a way that makes "your hair stand on end" (Christian Science