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Available
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Publication
Orion Childrens (2007), Edition: World book day ed, Paperback, 80 pages
Description
Flavia Gemima is determined to prove to her tutor Aristo that she really is a detective of the highest order. At first, the mystery of the missing bread rolls seems like an easy case to solve. But it stumps Flavia and her friends - until she investigates the meaning behind the strange word games that the slave Romulus likes to play.
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Original publication date
2007-02-01 (standalone book)
2003 (in anthology)
Physical description
80 p.; 6.69 inches
ISBN
1842555804 / 9781842555804
Local notes
November 79 AD. Aristo says that if Flavia can solve the mystery of who has been stealing rolls from Pistor the Baker, then they will not do maths for a month, just read stories. However, if Flavia fails, she can never mention the word "detective" again.
A re-publication of the short story Bread and Circuses that appeared in the anthology The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunits published in 2003.
A re-publication of the short story Bread and Circuses that appeared in the anthology The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunits published in 2003.