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AGENT STARLING: OPERATION BAKED BEANS
BAKED BEANS might seem harmless but, in the WRONG HANDS and the WRONG MILLENNIUM, they can do a surprising amount of DAMAGE. 11-year-old Oliver Starling thinks Romans are ancient history... until he teams up with Agent Owl to stop evil mastermind, Dr Midnight, from conquering Roman Britain with baked beans and nappy pins. Armed with only a photo booth time machine and a pocket history guide, can Oliver and Owl keep Dr Midnight from changing the course of history forever? AGENT STARLING: OPERATION BAKED BEANS is published by Maverick Publishing. The cover art is by Lee Cosgrove. |
"Now what? Oliver wondered, as he crouched behind a sculpted marble goddess, his brain still reeling from the most amazing morning of his life. So much had happened since he climbed out of the bathtub, it was hard to take it all in. Had he really just travelled back to Roman Britain in a photo booth? Were those real-life Roman guards (with real-life sharp pointy swords) he’d just escaped from in a pair of falling-down frilly pants? And was now a good time to pull them back up, while no one was watching? "
Luckily you don't HAVE to travel back in time in a photo booth (wearing your mum's frilly royal pants) to get a taste of Roman life! There are plenty of Roman sites and artefacts to check out in THIS century. (Frilly pants optional!)
Here are a few I've visited on my travels, both in the UK and Europe...
Luckily you don't HAVE to travel back in time in a photo booth (wearing your mum's frilly royal pants) to get a taste of Roman life! There are plenty of Roman sites and artefacts to check out in THIS century. (Frilly pants optional!)
Here are a few I've visited on my travels, both in the UK and Europe...
The Romans invented concrete, central heating, newspapers and fast food restaurants.
Flamingos were considered a delicacy – especially their tongues. Yum!
The Romans introduced over 50 new kinds of plant food to Britain, including apples, pears, cherries and cucumbers.
The Romans didn’t just use urine to clean their clothes – they also whitened their teeth with it!
The Pantheon in Rome was built around AD 126 and is still the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome. Originally a Roman temple, it is now a Roman Catholic church.
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