The second book in a fantastically funny new history series from best-selling author and chart-topping podcaster Greg Jenner!

Think history is just a boring list of facts and dates? Think again! History is hectic, exciting and unpredictable – in fact, it’s absolute CHAOS! Join bestselling author Greg Jenner on a riotously fun journey through Roman Britain, from brilliant beginnings to epic ending. Accompanied by expert Roman historian Dr Emma Southon and with side-splitting illustrations from Rikin Parekh, this whirlwind tour will cover everything you need to know about Roman Britain and show you what it would REALLY have been like to live through hundreds of years of chaotic history. Hold on tight, because, with history, you’ll never believe what happens next!

Roman Britain Gets Rowdy! is the second book in historian Greg Jenner’s children’s Totally Chaotic History series. If you are looking for a nonfiction book that will capture a child’s attention and have them learning in a fun and amusing manner, then this series is one to pick up, especially as book three is due out next year.

In this book the reader will learn all about the Roman’s and their involvement in British life, from Roman items arriving from Gaul (northern France) and becoming part of life in Britain to Caesar’s badly thought out invasion in 55 + 54BC in which he discovered that the Brit’s are made of stronger stuff than he realised. Ending in 409CE when the Roman’s upped and left the isles.

The book is not only full of factual information; it will also make children laugh out loud with Greg’s funny non-facts throughout (these are corrected by Roman historian Dr Emma Southon). The drawings will also give youngsters a good giggle.

I adored Roman Britain Gets Rowdy! just as much as I did the first book in the series Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly!. Both of these books have taught me more about the Egyptian and Roman eras than my history teacher ever did, or a least Greg makes it easier to understand and gets the information to stick in my brain.

Overall, this is an amazingly informative book that is not only for middle-graders’ it is also for anyone who wants to learn about the Romans or for those studying them and wants a book that makes the information relatable and easy to understand.

Greg Jenner (FRHistS) is a British public historian, broadcaster, and author noted for using humour and pop culture to communicate the complexities of the past. He is the host of the chart-topping BBC comedy podcast YOU’RE DEAD TO ME.

He is also the Historical Consultant to BBC’s Emmy and multi-BAFTA award-winning comedy sketch-show HORRIBLE HISTORIES, being solely responsible for the factual accuracy of over 2,000 sketches and 150 comedy songs. He also worked on HORRIBLE HISTORIES: THE MOVIE – ROTTEN ROMANS.