The Beggar of Volubilis (Roman Mysteries, Book 14) by Caroline Lawrence

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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Main article: Roman Mysteries TV series. The Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence. Roman Mysteries. Hidden categories: Articles needing additional references from July All articles needing additional references Use dmy dates from July All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. In Volubilis they find both Gaius and the emerald, but it is not as easy to take them back to Italy as they had supposed. During the adventure, they meet a woman who claims to be descended from Cleopatra and a man who could be the late emperor Nero. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. It is published by Orion Books. This article is a stub. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jun 01, Guo added it. I didn't notice this when I first read this book as a child, but a few years later I realized this book contains several tropes with regards to travelling to that region Local chieftain has several wives, and wive number 4 is only 9 years old. Heads get chopped off, no questions asked. But there is always a downside. People in some far-flung corner of the empire do not realize that the prev I didn't notice this when I first read this book as a child, but a few years later I realized this book contains several tropes with regards to travelling to that region People in some far-flung corner of the empire do not realize that the previous emperor has died and someone has replaced him. This is more general though. Of course, a novel will become too derivative if too many of these are incorporated into one book. This one is still subtle enough to be readable, for a child at least. Mar 15, Dee Paisley rated it really liked it Shelves: ancients. Such a good story teaching history and geography along with the culture and solving problems. May 12, Elizabeth added it. This book was good. It had just the right amount of suspense. Dec 10, Paula rated it liked it. I wasn't happy that the main characters were so willing to be thieves no matter whether it was at the direction of the emperor or not. Feb 22, Mark rated it liked it. I didn't like the book that much. Our adventurous four get a letter to go on mission for the emperor Titus to find a large and valuable emerald called the Eye of Nero in Africa. Conveniently the mission location is exactly coinciding with the last known location of her runaway uncle Gaeus in Volubilis, in modern Morocco. This is the book Flavia gets a marriage proposal from Floppy. So she declines the proposal. Poor Flaccus t Our adventurous four get a letter to go on mission for the emperor Titus to find a large and valuable emerald called the Eye of Nero in Africa. Poor Flaccus takes it as a temporary thing luckily. He is very patient with precocious Flavia who is only a child of twelve. So the children hitch a ride with another ship and that one goes to Sabbrath modern Libya where they join a pantomime troupe and join a camel train to Volubilis. They travel a month through savanna and dessert. Along the way Flavia gets a second marriage proposal to be child-wife five to a particularly revolting Arab sheik. Flavia discovers mirages, sandstorms, getting lost in the dessert while Nubia is in her element. When they get to Volubilis the children encounter a stinky beggar crawling with lice who tells them where her missing Uncle is. They discover that the beggar who has a patrician accent speaks many languages and was a scribe of emperor Nero. Some turn out better and some worse. Feb 07, Mara rated it it was ok Shelves: books-to-buy , historical-fiction , mystery , 2-stars. This was not the most exciting of the collection, and it could have been. First off, it begins rather abruptly with Flavia and Nubia hunting in the woods and taking a sudden vow to never marry. Then we're launched into an African adventure that has lots of foreshadowing of what may happen. But any hints of ominous doings is pretty much glossed over with "it-was-coincidence" explanations in the end, and everyone goes home happy. The beggar does not play as big of a role as one might suppose, the This was not the most exciting of the collection, and it could have been. The beggar does not play as big of a role as one might suppose, the gem is nothing especially mysterious or amazing, and the possibility of Nero being alive barely comes into play. In fact, the whole "major" plotline felt more like a sub-plot. In-between adventures take up most of the time, and even these are not very entertaining. Flavia gets lost in the desert in one of the most abrupt and random ways I've read in a long time. It was painfully obvious that the Author inserted this for action's sake. Nothing important happens, nothing exciting happens. Flavia has a dream that could have taken place without her having to get lost in the desert due to her own stupidity. Seriously - who comes back from a privy break, suddenly sees a vast expanse of water in the desert's distance, and decides to go chase after it? Especially when they suspect it might be a mirage? Even when I was younger, I would have been disappointed with this volume. I can only hope that some of the events pertaining to Nero's Eye eventually resurface in later installments, thus justifying the lack of a satisfying ending. Flavia and her friends have been summoned to Africa to find an emerald called 'Nero's Eye' which Titus, the emperor of Rome, needs to maintain power. It is said that whoever owns Nero's Eye is fit to be king, so Titus desperately needs it! Young Roman girl Flavia Gemina and her group of intelligent detectives are determined to find it if Titus's power is at stake. The Beggar of Volubilis | Roman Mysteries Wiki | Fandom

In the weeks of travel they become accomplished performers, learn to handle camels and discover the dangers as well as the beauties of the desert. In Volubilis they find both Gaius and the emerald, but it is not as easy to take them back to Italy as they had supposed. During the adventure, they meet a woman who claims to be descended from Cleopatra and a man who could be the late emperor Nero. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. It is published by Orion Books. This article is a stub. You can help Roman Mysteries Wiki by expanding it. Categories :. He is very patient with precocious Flavia who is only a child of twelve. So the children hitch a ride with another ship and that one goes to Sabbrath modern Libya where they join a pantomime troupe and join a camel train to Volubilis. They travel a month through savanna and dessert. Along the way Flavia gets a second marriage proposal to be child-wife five to a particularly revolting Arab sheik. Flavia discovers mirages, sandstorms, getting lost in the dessert while Nubia is in her element. When they get to Volubilis the children encounter a stinky beggar crawling with lice who tells them where her missing Uncle is. They discover that the beggar who has a patrician accent speaks many languages and was a scribe of emperor Nero. Some turn out better and some worse. Feb 07, Mara rated it it was ok Shelves: books-to-buy , historical-fiction , mystery , 2-stars. This was not the most exciting of the collection, and it could have been. First off, it begins rather abruptly with Flavia and Nubia hunting in the woods and taking a sudden vow to never marry. Then we're launched into an African adventure that has lots of foreshadowing of what may happen. But any hints of ominous doings is pretty much glossed over with "it-was-coincidence" explanations in the end, and everyone goes home happy. The beggar does not play as big of a role as one might suppose, the This was not the most exciting of the collection, and it could have been. The beggar does not play as big of a role as one might suppose, the gem is nothing especially mysterious or amazing, and the possibility of Nero being alive barely comes into play. In fact, the whole "major" plotline felt more like a sub-plot. In-between adventures take up most of the time, and even these are not very entertaining. Flavia gets lost in the desert in one of the most abrupt and random ways I've read in a long time. It was painfully obvious that the Author inserted this for action's sake. Nothing important happens, nothing exciting happens. Flavia has a dream that could have taken place without her having to get lost in the desert due to her own stupidity. Seriously - who comes back from a privy break, suddenly sees a vast expanse of water in the desert's distance, and decides to go chase after it? Especially when they suspect it might be a mirage? Even when I was younger, I would have been disappointed with this volume. I can only hope that some of the events pertaining to Nero's Eye eventually resurface in later installments, thus justifying the lack of a satisfying ending. Flavia and her friends have been summoned to Africa to find an emerald called 'Nero's Eye' which Titus, the emperor of Rome, needs to maintain power. It is said that whoever owns Nero's Eye is fit to be king, so Titus desperately needs it! Young Roman girl Flavia Gemina and her group of intelligent detectives are determined to find it if Titus's power is at stake. They travel with a pantomime dancer called Narcissus and his troop of musicians and singers on camels to perform for a large audience Flavia and her friends have been summoned to Africa to find an emerald called 'Nero's Eye' which Titus, the emperor of Rome, needs to maintain power. They travel with a pantomime dancer called Narcissus and his troop of musicians and singers on camels to perform for a large audience. But the detectives are on the look for Flavia's Uncle Gaius, who ran away mad with grief, when his wife Miriam Jonathan's older sister died in childbirth. They perform for Narcissus in return for food and water for the journey. Their journey takes them to Volubilis where an old beggar that witnessed Nero's death told them correctly where to find their uncle. There is something not quite right about power-seeking Narcissus, as sneaky Lupus soon finds out.. Mar 10, sabisteb aka callisto rated it it was amazing Shelves: historischer-roman. Miriams Tod ist an den Beteiligten nicht spurlos vorbeigegangen. Insgesamt ein guter Band der Serie mit interessanten und teils unerwarteten Wendungen, der jedoch nicht einzeln gelesen werden kann. Zeitpunkt der Geschichte: 10 Wochen nach Band 13 Februar - 1. Mai 81 n. Feb 21, Phair rated it liked it Shelves: young-adult-historical- fiction , classical-era. Been a long time since my last Roman Mystery. This is 14 in the series and I had to forego reading 13 as I can't find a copy but after doing some catch-up via clues in this one I got up to speed on what's been happening to our four friends. This turned out not to be the best of the books by a long shot but the new North African setting was interesting. I always learn a few things I didn't know about the period and I like the way the kids are maturing. Most of the characters both central and p Been a long time since my last Roman Mystery. Most of the characters both central and peripheral are well drawn and usually multi-dimensional rather than cardboard. Looks like Lawrence is up to I've got a lot of catching up to do. Can't recommend these highly enough for adult readers- they're too good to pass up. It was amazing! I loved it! Feb 19, Emma Wallace rated it really liked it Shelves: middle-grade. A great, solid continuation of the series: while the quest storyline as in the fugitive from Corinth was a bit exhausted for me and I felt that there were some unsatisfactory loose ends and tantalising hints that I think will be left unsubstantiated, I was pleased to see further maturation in Flavia's character as she did initially pose a bit of an annoyance and showed some regression to her privileged ways and am left with renewed hopes most importantly as to FLACCIA as an endgame! I also enjoy A great, solid continuation of the series: while the quest storyline as in the fugitive from Corinth was a bit exhausted for me and I felt that there were some unsatisfactory loose ends and tantalising hints that I think will be left unsubstantiated, I was pleased to see further maturation in Flavia's character as she did initially pose a bit of an annoyance and showed some regression to her privileged ways and am left with renewed hopes most importantly as to FLACCIA as an endgame! I also enjoyed the opportunity to explore further sects of the Roman Empire and become engrossed in the Romano-African culture of the time. View all 29 comments. Jan 10, Sarahelisabeth rated it really liked it Shelves: vtreadingchallenge This book is towards the end of the Roman Mystery series and takes place in North Africa. The four friends travel in a caravan across the desert, looking for a jewel know as Nero's Eye. Like the other books there is so much background material and these have led to one of my children having a real interest in the Romans. Of course, everything turns out well for the four friends although some facets of the story are not resolved. Where is the jewel, at the end? Hopefully, we will find out in the This book is towards the end of the Roman Mystery series and takes place in North Africa. Hopefully, we will find out in the next book! This was a good book. It was the first book of the series in which the setting is Africa. I liked how the author used a lot of facts about Africa, and accurately described aspects of life in that time such as camel rides, and pantomimes. This book really led into the next book, so I wanted to read it immediately. There was a whole side plot about pantomime dancers, and how the main characters disguise themselves, but I wasn't sure how that tied a up with the rest of the plot. Overall, a good boo This was a good book. Overall, a good book I recommend. Jan 19, Charlotte rated it really liked it Shelves: fiction , history , humor , young-adult. When I first began this series, the author came to visit my school. She is probably one of the people who first began inspiring me to write my own stories and become interested in the history of Antiquity. I began reading "The Roman Mysteries" series when I was in 4th or 5th grade. And I was still only learning English back then. But this long series did have an impact on me, and I stuck with it until the end. Jul 10, Vicki Cline rated it liked it Shelves: roman-mysteries. They are also on the look- out for Flavia's uncle Gaius who has gone missing after the death in childbirth of his wife Miriam. After many travails across the top of North Africa, they wind up in Volubulis, near the northwest corner of Africa. The beggar of the title seems to have known Nero. Perils galore, as usual. Mar 23, Brett rated it really liked it Shelves: juvenile-mystery. These books really do a good job at looking at a different aspect of ancient culture in each offering. May 25, Diana Sandberg rated it really liked it. Still an excellent series. This time, the four heroes are travelling across North Africa. Decided to go for something a little lighter, and as always a Roman Mystery counted. Lawrence, Caroline / The Roman Mysteries: The Beggar of Volubilis - The first book was to be published in March On her blog and website, Caroline Lawrence has said the content was deemed "too edgy" for the Roman Mysteries brand and as a result has been put on hold indefinitely. In April , author Caroline Lawrence announced that she is planning a spinoff for younger readers. The main character will be Threptus, an 8-year-old Ostian beggar boy who makes appearances in the final Roman Mystery, The Man from Pomegranate Street and the final short story in The Legionary from Londinium and other mini-mysteries. Each of the novels has at least one map of the area covered in the story, sometimes also plans or diagrams; these are by Richard Russell Lawrence. The chapters are called scrolls , after the rolls of papyrus which were Roman 'books', and are numbered with Roman numerals. The glossary explaining Roman terms is called "Aristo's Scroll", after Flavia's tutor, and the author's note, which separates fact from fiction, is called "The Last Scroll". The first season was broadcast in , the second season in From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. It is published by Orion Books. This article is a stub. You can help Roman Mysteries Wiki by expanding it. Categories :. The descriptions are very good, and like the rest of the series, it has an excellent plot which, at points, is very dramatic. The author does a very good job of getting you into the story from the very first page. The ending is also very good, because it relates to things at the beginning that I had completely forgotten, such as Flaccus proposing to Flavia. It is a nice surprise. Also there is no description of the main characters. Toggle navigation. Browse our magazines Submit your novel for review. All articles Browse by Tag Browse Guides.

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It is also where our staff first look for news and features for the site. Our membership is worldwide, but we still like to meet up - and many members travel thousands of miles to do so. Here you can find out about our conferences and chapter meetings, and can check the important dates for our Awards and magazine. March, 81 AD. According to prophecy, whoever possesses it will rule Rome — and rumours abound that the dead Emperor Nero is very much alive. Can they find him and persuade him to come home? But when they arrive in Sabratha, disaster strikes. The ship, which was to have taken them on to Volubilis, sails without them — taking all their belongings. Somehow, they must travel several thousand miles with no money. They join a pantomime troupe and begin the long trek across the desert —a place full of dangers from slave traders, sandstorms, thirst and mirages. This is an adventure story, set in Africa in AD The descriptions are very good, and like the rest of the series, it has an excellent plot which, at points, is very dramatic. The author does a very good job of getting you into the story from the very first page. Condition: New. Book 14 in the detectives' case file is set in Morocco - the most exotic location of all the Roman Mysteries. Series: The Roman Mysteries. Num Pages: pages, 1 maps. Dimension: x x Weight in Grams: Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory Book Description Orion Children's Books, Seller Inventory M Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory S Lawrence, Caroline. Publisher: Orion Children's , This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. View all copies of this ISBN edition:. Synopsis About this title Flavia and her friends are on a quest for the Emperor Titus - to steal a valuable gemstone known as 'Nero's Eye'. About the Author : Caroline Lawrence is American. Buy New Learn more about this copy. Other Popular Editions of the Same Title. Search for all books with this author and title. Customers who bought this item also bought. Stock Image.

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