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Detectives in Togas (1956)

by Henry Winterfeld

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Series: Detectives in Togas (1)

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In an effort to save a boy wrongly accused, a group of young friends living in ancient Rome search for the culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.
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Readers learn about ancient Rome in spite of themselves as they follow the adventures of Roman schoolboys who arrive at school to find...
  riselibrary_CSUC | Jun 5, 2020 |
Very funny, great for the time I read it ( )
  katieloucks | Feb 26, 2016 |
I will start my summary now. In detectives in togas seven roman boys find out a mystery. It all starts when
  adams.b1 | Mar 14, 2014 |
A lively and entertaining story about the misadventures of a group of Roman schoolboys. I enjoyed this a great deal. It's funny, fast-paced, and the scrapes the boys get into while trying to solve the mystery feel authentic.

The picture of ancient Rome portrayed in this novel reminds me of some of my early Latin classes, which seems to me appropriate since the book was written at a time and place when children were commonly taught Latin in the schools, and I think some of the appeal is particular for someone with that background. (At least one fairly important clue to the mystery is made quite clear - perhaps too clear - for someone with a knowledge of Greek as well as Latin, however.)
  spiphany | Oct 8, 2010 |
One of the blurbs on the front said "Humorous". I did not find this book humorous. It was not suspensful. They were not detectives. I could not keep track of which boy was which. It was a struggle to keep trudging through. Too much book for not enough story. ( )
  ASBiskey | Aug 13, 2010 |
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Henry Winterfeldprimary authorall editionscalculated
Kleinert, CharlotteIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Winston, ClaraTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Winston, RichardTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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In an effort to save a boy wrongly accused, a group of young friends living in ancient Rome search for the culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.

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