Steven Saylor, March 2002
'I wish these novels had been around when I was a boy!'
Review
"This was a very exciting and intriguing book - I couldn't put it down!" -- Megan Whiteman (aged 11) Aquila
Megan Whiteman, aged 11, Aquila, Vol 9 2/3
"This was a very exciting and intriguing book - I couldn't put it down!"
Megan Whiteman (aged 11), Aquila
"This was a very exciting and intriguing book - I couldn't put it down!"
Book Description
It's AD 79. Someone is killing Ostia's dogs and Flavia Gemina - inquisitive, bossy and brave - wants to find out who and why ...
Product Description
The first in Caroline Lawrence's internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series, re-issued with a fantastic new cover look. Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she and her three friends, Jonathan, a Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, an African slave girl; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy, must work together to discover who is beheading the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why. A talented storyteller, Caroline Lawrence has created a delightfully readable and accessible series that children will want to read time and time again.
From the Back Cover
Mystery and adventure for four young detectives in Ancient Roman times . . . While investigating the disappearance of her father's signet ring, Flavia Gemina makes some new friends - Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave girl and Lupus the mute beggar boy. Together the friends start solving mysteries. Can they discover who is killing dogs in Ostia, and why? www.romanmysteries.com www.orionbooks.co.uk £6.99 ISBN: 978 1 84255 020 5 Cover artwork:
About the Author
Caroline Lawrence is American. She won a scholarship to Cambridge to read Classical Archaeology, then did a degree in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College, London. She lives with her husband, a graphic designer, by the river in London and is active as a speaker in schools and at book festivals.
