The Boy from Vindolanda by Sadtler, Mary

The Boy from Vindolanda (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781490341040)

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Format: Paperback
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The Boy from Vindolanda by Sadtler, Mary

The Boy from Vindolanda

$6.00
The Boy from Vindolanda by Sadtler, Mary

The Boy from Vindolanda

$6.00
Format: Paperback
Description
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This is the story of a young Celt growing up in his settlement near Vindolanda, a Roman fort in the north of England. Our knowledge of the time in which he lived has been illuminated by the Vindolanda tablets, a large collection of written documents unearthed by archaeologists and considered one of the top ten treasures in the British Museum. It describes how he coped with bullying by his fellow Celtic tribesmen and aspired to the love of the beautiful daughter of the Roman prefect in charge of the fort. It is a story about people coming together in an early multi-cultural community with different cultures, customs, and languages, and how they struggle to overcome the conflicts between them. Its appeal to young readers is based on a description of life in early Roman Britain and on a glimpse of Roman military customs and warfare. Not least, it is a love story. The story is fictional but many of the characters were real.

Author: Mary Sadtler
ISBN-10: 1490341048
ISBN-13: 9781490341040
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2013
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d
By Mary Sadtler
By Mary Sadtler
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Mary Sadtler earned a Certificate in Creative Writing and a Degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Kent after her retirement from occupational health nursing. She is an avid walker and, with her author husband, especially enjoyed walking the length of Hadrian's Wall and exploring the traces of Roman occupation in its vicinity. The visit to the Roman fort at nearby Vindolanda was memorable and inspired the story told in this book. The story is fictional, but many of the characters did live at Vindolanda, and played important roles there.

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