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The Thieves of Ostia

Author : Caroline Lawrence

Publisher : Orion Publishing Company

Page : 195 pages

File Size : 46,11 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781842550205

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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.



The Thieves of Ostia

Author : Caroline Lawrence

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Page : 195 pages

File Size : 15,15 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Children's stories

ISBN : 9781842550793

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Flavia Gemina is brilliant at finding things, so it's natural for her to solve mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she acquires a gang of three friends who help her. There is Jonathan, the Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, the African slave girl; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy. Together they work out who severed the heads of the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why he did it. Caroline Lawrence is a terrific storyteller and a delightfully readable and accessible writer with characters that children will relate to. Her picture of daily life in Ancient Rome is wonderfully vivid. But THE THIEVES OF OSTIA is first and foremost a whodunnit, with lots of twist and cliffhangers and a mystery for the reader to solve.



The Assassins of Rome

Author : Caroline Lawrence

Publisher : Orion Children's Books

Page : 163 pages

File Size : 15,9 MB

Release : 2010-12-09

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1444003542

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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.



The Man from Pomegranate Street

Author : Caroline Lawrence

Publisher : Orion Children's Books

Page : 227 pages

File Size : 21,37 MB

Release : 2010-12-09

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1444003666

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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.



The Pirates of Pompeii

Author : Caroline Lawrence

Publisher : Orion Children's Books

Page : 155 pages

File Size : 41,39 MB

Release : 2010-12-09

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1444003534

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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.



The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina

Author : Caroline Lawrence

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 28,71 MB

Release : 2004-10

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781596430129

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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.



The Sewer Demon

Author : Caroline Lawrence

Publisher : Orion Children's Books

Page : 56 pages

File Size : 24,63 MB

Release : 2012-02-02

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1444005073

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At the end of book 17 of the Roman Mysteries, Caroline Lawrence introduced us to Threptus - a young beggar boy who is inspired to learn to read, write and lead an honest life by Lupus's example. Threptus needs to earn money to be schooled and as he seeks employment he meets many fascinating residents of the Port of Ostia ... all of whom have a mystery which needs to be solved. Each of the Threptus books will be a mini mystery.



The Gladiators from Capua

Author : Caroline Lawrence

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 220 pages

File Size : 36,88 MB

Release : 2005-10

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781596430747

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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.



The Colossus of Rhodes

Author : Caroline Lawrence

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 214 pages

File Size : 31,92 MB

Release : 2006-05-30

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781596430822

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Book Description

In 80 A.D., ten-year-old Roman sleuth Flavia and her friends sail from Corinth to Rhodes to try to stop a mysterious man who is kidnapping children and selling them into slavery.



The Dolphins of Laurentum

Author : Caroline Lawrence

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 222 pages

File Size : 16,15 MB

Release : 2003-09-05

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780761323495

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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.