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Ancient Rome - History, Great Britain - History

Roman Aromas

by Mary Dobson
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[series copy] Smelly Old History is a unique new series that brings history to your nose through scratch-and-sniff panels. Informative and amusing text, lavish and hilarious artwork, poems, and puzzles combine with these pungent panels to give children a true "sense of the past." With these often funny tours back in time, young readers will learn that smells have played a powerful role in our history.

When the Romans arrived in Britain they soon showed the rampaging Celts the way to perfumed perfection. Poor old Celts—with their oils, and baths, and drains—those Romans really got up their noses. Sample the splendors of the public baths and a fabulous feast, or suffer with the soldiers in the frozen latrines on Hadrian's Wall in northern England. You won't forget those Roman Aromas in a hurry.

About the Author, Mary Dobson

Mary Dobson is the author of The Oxford Illustrated History of Western Medicine. She is a senior research officer at the Welcome Institute and teaches at Oxford University in England.

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Children's Literature - Judy Katsh

Author Dobson sensed there'd be a lot gained by sniffing her way through history. Judging by the success of her three titles, she was right! With wit and irreverence, she reports English history while also revealing the realities of everyday life during the Victorian times. There are cartoons galore to support the informative, lively, and often gruesome text. Some of the cartoons contain a scented panel that releases an odor when scratched. While the odor released isn't usually pleasant, it does, thankfully, fall short of the one concocted by the writer's explicit style and the reader's imagination and experience. Part of the "Smelly Old History: Scratch 'n' Sniff Your Way Through the Past" series.

Book Details

Published
April 1, 1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
32
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780199100941

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