Brave Cloelia kids ISBN 978-1-60606-597-6

ISBN 978-1-60606-597-6

Jean-Louis Cohen's scholarly introduction sheds fresh light

an elegant woman in a lustrous white gown dances as part of a foursome

He spent some thirty years in Japan and Burma

Quiccheberg shows how the assembly and display of physical objects offered nobles a powerful means to expand visual knowledge

Brave Cloelia kids ISBN 978-1-60606-597-6Story by Jane Louise Curry Illustrations by Jeff Crosby 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. Cloelia came up with a daring plan of escape from her Etruscan captors and in the process won the admiration of all Rome and of the Etruscan king himself, who freed her. For saving her city, a grateful Rome set up a statue in