Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
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Book Summary Author: Henry Winterfeld Brand: Houghton Mifflin Company Illustrator: Charlotte Kleinert Translator: Clara Winston Translator: Richard Winston Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2002-11-01 ISBN: 0152162801 Number of pages: 272 Publisher: Sandpiper Product features:
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Book Reviews of the Detectives in Togas
Customer Review: Not Bad
Summary: 3 Stars
Usually novels set in ancient times are really sort of boring but not this one. The charactors are cool and the plot moves along just like if it were set in modern times. The author said that the idea for this book came about because he had heard of a kid writing graffiti on a temple wall. The sentence was "Caius is a dumbbell" only written in Latin. Yes, they had a problem with graffiti in B.C. days too. Detectives In Togas takes that one sentence and builds a pretty good story around what might have happened if whoever wrote the words was someone important in the town. Could it be true? Did someone frame one of the kids to take the blame for something? If you like your mysteries with a little bit of cultural history thrown in this book will make you want to find out more. The historical parts might even make you want to learn about how like was back then as well. So it's like a 2 for 1 thing. Not too shabby for a book you might not otherwise read.