Fugitive from Corinth (Roman Mysteries #10)
Author(s): Caroline Lawrence
May AD 80. Flavia and her three friends, Jonathan, Nubia, and Lupus are in Cenchrea, the eastern harbor of Corinth, the hometown of their tutor Aristo. But Aristo tells them he is not coming back with them this time. Later, there is a commotion, and the children find a blood-soaked Aristo crouched over Flavia's father, who has been stabbed. The children set off for Delphi in pursuit of Aristo.
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- : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- : Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.0
- : 01 January 2006
- : 198mm X 129mm X 17mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
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- : 224
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Caroline Lawrence
