Veronica
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Is this book appropriate for a 12-year-old (who is interested in history, classics and historical fiction)?

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Anastasia Koroleva Yes! My 11-year-old boy and his best friend both absolutely loved it and got a lot out of it.
Chaz Wyman It would depend on their reading ability. I would say there is nothing too salacious, and certainly nothing too graphic, but its all rather cerebral rather than based on action. not battles, no fights, except verbally in the courts of Rome,
Breosch I read it when I was 14 but if I'd known it existed before then I would have absolutely loved it.
If they love classics + history they will love this. I've been obsessed with Cicero since I was 6 (I was a strange child. When people asked me what I wanted to be when I was older, all the other children would say actors or astronauts and I was just there going "Cicero!")
sjaustirni Absolutely, especially if the person in question is well-read. One does not need to be a historian in order to read this book, just slightly familiar with how the society worked during the Ancient Rome. The facts are presented in a very relaxed manner and the story easily keeps attention of the reader.
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