Brave Cloelia Retold From the Account in the History of Early Rome - By the Roman Historian Titus Liviu

Informationen zum Autor Jane Louise Curry is the author of many books for young people, most recently Hold Up the Sky and Other Indian Tales of Texas and the Southwest and The Egyptian Box. She lives in Los Angeles. Jeff Crosby's work has appeared in numerous books and magazines. Brave Cloelia is his sixth children's book. He lives in Manhattan with his partner, Shelley, and their two dogs, Baron and Millie. Klappentext Based on a little-known episode from ancient Roman history, Brave Cloelia tells the exciting story of a girl whose fearlessness made her a national heroine. Cloelia, a young girl in ancient Rome held captive by an Etruscan king, plots an escape for forty hostages, but honors a pledge made to the king to return and the king, out of admiration, grants her and the other hostage their freedom. Zusammenfassung In his 'History of Early Rome'! the ancient historian Livy tells the story of a Roman girl named Cloelia who was taken prisoner by Larth Porsena! the king of the Etruscans. 'Brave Cloelia' tells this exciting and true story.

Product details

• Authors: . Curry, .. Curry, Jane Curry, Jane Louise Curry
• Assisted by: Jeff Crosby (Illustration)
• Publisher: Getty, j.paul, museum publ.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2004
• EAN: 9780892367634
• ISBN: 978-0-89236-763-4
• No. of pages: 34
• Series: BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER; Getty Publications - (Yale); Getty Publications – (Yale)
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics