A Roman Senator (Working Life) [Library Binding]

Don Nardo (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 6-9. From the Working Life series, this volume focuses on the changing roles and power of senators through nearly 12 centuries of Roman history. Along the way, Nardo also offers a great deal of information about significant events and the social structure of Rome. While the sidebars are often interesting, they are sometimes poorly coordinated with the text. In one case, the same lengthy passage from a speech by Hannibal is quoted in both the text and an accompanying sidebar. Still, this is well organized and intelligently written, and much of the information is not readily available in books accessible to readers at this grade level. Black-and-white illustrations, mainly reproductions of prints and paintings, appear throughout. Back matter includes source notes, a chronology, and annotated lists of recommended books, Internet sources, and works consulted. Also available is Nardo's A Roman Gladiator. Carolyn Phelan
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Library Binding: 112 pages
• Publisher: Lucent; 1 edition (July 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590184815
• ISBN-13: 978-1590184813
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,628,582 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Don Nardo is a historian and award-winning writer who specializes in the ancient world, especially the civilizations of Greece and Rome. He began as a actor and worked with the National Shakespeare Company before turning to writing screenplays and teleplays and, soon afterward, devoting much of his time to historical research and writing. In the past two decades, he has published nearly two hundred volumes on diverse historical topics. And having earned numerous favorable reviews, he is widely recognized as the country's leading writer of historical works for young adults. He is also versed in various other subjects and as a result is frequently asked by publishers to write books on a number of scientific and literary topics.

Mr. Nardo also composes and arranges orchestral music, having started composing in his early teens. Over the years he has turned out more than eighty musical works, including 2 symphonies, 4 string quartets, several concertos, a film score, incidental music for stage productions, and several commissions, the most recent a double concerto for violin and Portuguese guitar written for two noted musicians. He is also the resident composer and arranger for the Amadis Orchestra, based in Connecticut. For more information, see his official web site at www.nardopublishing.com and his more extensive biography at Wikipedia.