Nero: Destroyer of Rome (Leaders of Ancient Rome) [Library Binding]

Julian Morgan (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Leaders of Ancient Rome

The life and rule of the first century Roman emperor Nero, who became head of the world's mightiest empire at the age of sixteen and later became infamous for his cruelty and eccentricity.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 110 pages
• Publisher: Rosen Central; 1st edition (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823935965
• ISBN-13: 978-0823935963
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,379,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars For kids and adults, July 23, 2011

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This review is from: Nero: Destroyer of Rome (Leaders of Ancient Rome) (Library Binding)

This is an interesting 99-page overview of the life of Nero and his times, with pictures on many of its pages, some merely cultural or parenthetically related to the book's subject but all to the Roman Empire in general. It's written down for a young person -- not the 4-to-8 as listed, that's nonsense -- but a young teen and up. I enjoyed it, it's a fast read, I learned a lot. And I'm not a young teen: I just retired and S.S. benefits started. It's a pretty book, the sort you enjoy holding in your hand, and authoritative -- from a noted publisher where the author discusses how we know some things and how certain "facts" got bandied about by contemporary rumors and legends over the centuries. This and fellow books in the series on Augustus, Cicero, Hadrian and others are fine for the reader who wants to know his subject in an hour's time -- at times you don't want more than that. I'm going to get the others too.