Customer Reviews

Roman Britain: Internet-Linked (Usborne History of Britain)

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Our children will be studying Sonlight's second level of World History next year, yet as a British-American family we wanted to supplement with a heavier emphasis on British history. This is a wonderful book, visually appealing as all Usborne books are and historically accurate. I'm very pleased!

This rather excellent young adult book focuses on Roman Britain. Everything is covered from the Celtic Britons and their tribal life, through the Roman conquest and life in Roman Britain, through to the Roman withdrawal from Britain. For the most part, though, the book focuses on daily life.

Overall, I found this to be a very good book. It is richly illustrated with many colorful pictures, illustrations, maps, and so forth. The text is short and to the point, going into a lot of interesting details. Now, as you might expect with a "young adult" book, it is only an introduction to the subject, but it is an excellent introduction to the subject.

I found it to be a very interesting read, as did my sixteen-year-old son. And if it can please both of us, you know it has something going for it!