![]() Once they arrive, they are soon absorbed in a quest to solve a riddle that may lead to treasure. It's the summer of AD 79 and Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus, set sail for the Bay of Naples where they are going to stay with Flavia's uncle near Pompeii. A talented storyteller, Caroline Lawrence has created a delightfully readable and accessible series that children will want to read time and time again. 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. ![]() Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The first in Caroline Lawrence's internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series, re-issued with a fantastic new cover look. ![]()
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