Jane Chisholm
Personal Information
Description
As Editorial Director, Jane oversees books about absolutely everything. She grew up in Moscow, Singapore, and in a forest in Sussex, building treehouses and pretending to be one of the Famous Five. Before university she was a social worker in Botswana and camped under the stars in the Kalahari Desert.
Books
Knights (Discovery Program)
Discusses the rise of knighthood in feudal society and examines the knight's place in history.
Roman Army (Discovery Program
At the height of the Roman Empire their army of highly trained, ruthlessly efficient soldiers was almost unbeatable. Explore how the Roman army helped build and run the Empire and inquire: What kinds of weapons did Roman soldiers use? What did soldiers do when they weren't fighting? How did the Roman Empire eventually fail? Includes useful websites for further research.
The Egyptians
Looking at objects from the ancient days of Egypt we see how the Egyptian people lived then and some of the history of the times.