Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781596430129
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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When a Roman widow shows unusual interest in Flavia's father, Flavia decides to discover Cartila's true motives by performing twelve tasks, just like the Greek hero Hercules.
Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444003577
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Jonathan's father, Doctor Mordecai, is summoned to Rome to help the plague victims. The four young detectives are wanted too, as the Emperor Titus believes that they can find the mysterious enemy who seeks Rome's destruction. Can the friends prevent disaster? And what is Jonathan's secret mission?
Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444003542
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
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Jonathan goes on a secret quest to Rome, and Flavia, Nubia and Lupus set out to find him. Their dangerous mission takes them to the Golden House of Nero where a deadly assassin is rumoured to be at work - and they learn what happened to Jonathan's family during the terrible destruction of Jerusalem nine years earlier.
Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780761323495
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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A ragged stranger and the prospect of losing her family's fortune lead Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan, Lupus, and Nubia to a seaside villa where possible danger and treasure are close at hand.
Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781596430747
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Suspecting their friend Jonathan is alive, Flavia, Nubia, and Lupus go to Rome for the Colosseum Games, facing wild beasts, criminals, conspirators, and gladiators, and where Nubia is called upon to make a terrible choice.
Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444003666
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
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September AD 81. Flavia and her friends learn of the mysterious and sudden death of the Emperor Titus. Was his death natural? Or was it murder? As the four detectives investigate this mystery, they little dream how much their lives - as well as the future of Italy - will be changed as a result.
Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Orion Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781842550205
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
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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.
Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444003569
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Mystery and adventure for four young detectives in Ancient Roman times . . . Flavia is suspicious of the new woman in her father's life, Cartilia Poplica. She's certain that Cartilia has an ulterior motive, but to find out the truth Flavia must perform twelve tasks - like the Greek hero Hercules. So begins a thrilling journey, but what will Flavia learn at the end of her quest?
Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444003534
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
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It is AD 79 and Mount Vesuvius has erupted, destroying Pompeii. Among the thousands of people huddled in refugee camps along the bay of Naples are Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave-girl, and Lupus the mute beggar boy. When the friends discover that children are being kidnapped from the camps, they start to investigate and soon solve the mystery of the pirates of Pompeii. A terrifically exciting and dramatic story packed with superb historical detail.
Author: Caroline Lawrence
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444003658
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
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It's August, AD 81. Presumed dead by their families but wanted by unknown authorities, Flavia and her friends feel very far from home. When news of more kidnappings reach them, and they discover that one of Miriam's twins is among the missing, the four detectives set out for Halicarnassus to help. Here they find the countryside is full of prophets who heal the sick and cure the lame - or are they merely tricksters and villains in disguise?
