Scoular Anderson
2 total works
Rob the Roman-takes us through the streets of Rome, passing shoe shops, the barbers, stopping to visit the public loos...He's thinking about what he'll be when he grows up, and works his way through various possible careers. He dreams of being a rich merchant; meets his soldier brother and imagines army life; and his close shave with a lion persuades him that he definitely doesn't want to be a gladiator. Find out what really became of Rob the Roman by reading his tombstone on the very last page.
Trev the Tudor-is on the move from village, to town, to the city of London! it's enclosure that gets him on the road, alongside robbers, pilgrims and royal messengers, and his networking skills that make him upwardly mobile. On the way he discovers indoor looshow to dress for success and an interesting new fruit, called an orange. But it's getting mixed up with an Elizabethan spy ring that very nearly gets him the chop. Find out what really became of Trev the Tudor by reading his tombstone on the very last page.