Alan Baker (3) (1964–)
Author of The Gladiator: The Secret History of Rome's Warrior Slaves
For other authors named Alan Baker, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Alan Baker has written and illustrated over 40 books of his own, six of which have been chosen for the book of the year list. These include the Little Rabbit series which have sold over 750,000 copies to date worldwide. White Rabbit's color book was a 2008 IBBY choice. His style consists of a show more pencil rough with final artwork rendered using traditional methods - watercolour, pen and ink, airbrush, and crayon. The illustration is produced as separate elements and then composed and colour adjusted in photoshop using layers. Alan Baker has won the Benson & Hedges illustrators gold award, Gold Creative Circle award, Silver Campaign Press award. He also gained a IRA/CBC. Childrens Choice award & was a Flair Creative match winner. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Alan Baker
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- Birthdate
- 1964
- Gender
- male
- Country (for map)
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, England, GB
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- Works
- 12
- Members
- 354
- Popularity
- #67,648
- Rating
- 3.1
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 328
- Languages
- 11
However, despite the enganging and simple language Baker uses, he commits a mistake that I have come to found more and more often in History books of late. He interrupts his narration by inserting his personal comments and opinions and passes judgement without presenting any concrete evidence to support them, other than a ''recent historians believe such-and-such...'''. I am sorry, but you are writing neither a book of speculative fiction, nor a thesis to support your standing. You are writing to inform. You're supposed to write a History book not the script of ''Gladiator'' or ''Rome''. Since I have read quite a lot of books about the Roman times, this one falls terribly short in comparison. This is a major fault.
It may be an average starting point for the readers who wish to familiarize themselves with the subject, but for the Roman-era aficionado it is terribly lacking.… (more)