Mystery of the Roman Ransom
by Henry Winterfeld, Fritz Biermann (Illustrator) and Edith McCormick (Translator)
Mystery of the Roman Ransom
by Henry Winterfeld, Fritz Biermann (Illustrator) and Edith McCormick (Translator)
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.
It seems the boys can get nothing right: Their teacher's fiftieth birthday islongpast (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.
It seems the boys can get nothing right: Their teacher's fiftieth birthday islongpast (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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