THREE ROMAN PENNIES

M.M.B. Higham

THREE ROMAN PENNIES

M.M.B. Higham

THREE ROMAN PENNIES

A novel

In Maud Higham’s timeless gem Three Roman Pennies—an insightful and fascinating children’s adventure story first published in 1931—a trio of siblings are magically transported to ancient times. Recently unearthed from the author’s family archive, this tale has been reissued for the enjoyment of young, modern audiences with a taste for time-travel or hungry for historical fiction. Although manifestly not a school book, Three Roman Pennies is firmly based on historical sources, whereby the reader grasps what everyday life might have been like in Roman Britain—fostering knowledge, understanding and empathy. We are familiar today with books that "make history come alive." Three Roman Pennies, an original of the genre, amply demonstrates the inestimable value of such fiction in forming our views of the world.

In Maud Higham’s timeless gem Three Roman Pennies—an insightful and fascinating children’s adventure story first published in 1931—a trio of siblings are magically transported to ancient times. Recently unearthed from the author’s family archive, this tale has been reissued for the enjoyment of young, modern audiences with a taste for time-travel or hungry for historical fiction. Although manifestly not a school book, Three Roman Pennies is firmly based on historical sources, whereby the reader grasps what everyday life might have been like in Roman Britain—fostering knowledge, understanding and empathy. We are familiar today with books that "make history come alive." Three Roman Pennies, an original of the genre, amply demonstrates the inestimable value of such fiction in forming our views of the world.

About the author

Madeline Maud Bellamy Higham, to give her her full name, went up to Cambridge in 1916, to Newnham College, where she read History. Yet when three years later she left university it was without a degree, since women were not awarded the title of a degree at Cambridge until 1921.  It was thus only after 1921 that Maud Higham received the B.A. degree due to her and subsequently an M.A. She  became a teacher. Her interest in history was abiding. She wrote several books including Makers of the Commonwealth, co-authored with her brother C.S.S. Higham.

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Maud Higham

Madeline Maud Bellamy Higham, to give her her full name, went up to Cambridge in 1916, to Newnham College, where she read History. Yet when three years later she left university it was without a degree, since women were not awarded the title of a degree at Cambridge until 1921.  It was thus only after 1921 that Maud Higham received the B.A. degree due to her and subsequently an M.A. She  became a teacher. Her interest in history was abiding. She wrote several books including Makers of the Commonwealth, co-authored with her brother C.S.S. Higham.