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There Was a Roman in Your Garden
- Author
- Bettany Hughes
- Narrator
- Bettany Hughes
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date
- 3 July 2025
- Run Time
- 2 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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It’s your LUCKY day! You’ve stumbled across an ancient treasure chest in your garden that was buried THOUSANDS of years ago by a child living in ancient Rome. And the chest is packed with 20 strange and curious items that tell us so much about their life, such as:
- Armour made of REAL crocodile skin
- Twinkling TREASURE said to protect its wearer from evil
- A fun game made of a PIG'S KNUCKLE
- Evidence of the world's first PIZZA!
Unpack the treasure chest and discover the objects that a child just like YOU was using thousands of years ago. You’ll uncover fascinating facts and true tales about their school, family life, clothes, games, favourite snacks and so much more.
The true, real-life experiences of children in ancient times is a part of history that has been neglected for far too long – award-winning historian, broadcaster and bestselling author Bettany Hughes is here to dig up this newly discovered information for young budding historians everywhere.
© Bettany Hughes 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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The reader will come away feeling they have learnt far more about the life of a Roman child than they would have done from any textboox
The Telegraph
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Fact-filled, fascinating and fun
The Daily Mail
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Details
- Author
- Bettany Hughes
- Narrator
- Bettany Hughes
- Duration
- 2 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 July 2025
- ISBN
- 9780241760970
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Discovery and exploration, Ancient history, European history: the Romans
Synopsis
Brought to you by Puffin.It’s your LUCKY day! You’ve stumbled across an ancient treasure chest in your garden that was buried THOUSANDS of years ago by a child living in ancient Rome. And the chest is packed with 20 strange and curious items that tell us so much about their life, such as:Armour made of REAL crocodile skinTwinkling TREASURE said to protect its wearer from evilA fun game made of a PIG'S KNUCKLEEvidence of the world's first PIZZA!Unpack the treasure chest and discover the objects that a child just like YOU was using thousands of years ago. You’ll uncover fascinating facts and true tales about their school, family life, clothes, games, favourite snacks and so much more.The true, real-life experiences of children in ancient times is a part of history that has been neglected for far too long – award-winning historian, broadcaster and bestselling author Bettany Hughes is here to dig up this newly discovered information for young budding historians everywhere.© Bettany Hughes 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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