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Mystery of the Roman Ransom

by Henry Winterfeld · 1969

Detectives in Togas series

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In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . thanks to some help from their cranky teacher, a little bit of logic, and a lot of amusing misadventure.

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It seems the boys can get nothing right: Their teacher's fiftieth birthday is long past (they should have done their math homework); the servant they bought as a present for his birthday isn't just your run-of-the-mill Gaul slave but a courier running for his life; and, to top it all off, the message he's carrying requests the assassination of a Roman senator—the father of one of the boys.

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ancient Romeancient RomeMore like thisLess of thisancient worldancient worldMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisancient Romeancient RomeMore like thisLess of thisRomeRomeMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of this
Mood
nostalgianostalgiaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 240 pages

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