The Beggar of Volubilis, Caroline Lawrence
The Beggar of Volubilis, Caroline Lawrence
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The Beggar of Volubilis
Book 14

Author: Caroline Lawrence

Narrator: Nigel Anthony

Unabridged: 3 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/04/2007

Synopsis

Flavia and her friends are on a quest for the Emperor Titus - to steal a valuable gemstone known as 'Nero's Eye'. The Delphic Oracle prophesied that whoever owns the gem will rule Rome - so Titus is determined to claim it for himself. Their travels take them across the Roman province of Mauretania, from Sabratha (in modern Libya) to Volubilis (Morocco). As they travel on a caravan across the desert they encounter slave-traders, pantomime actors and a wild animal stampede. The detectives must consider another quest: what has happened to Uncle Gaius? Meanwhile, Flavia faces some tough decisions about her future.

Read by Nigel Anthony
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd

About Caroline Lawrence

Caroline Lawrence is American. She lives with her husband by the river in London and is active as a speaker in schools and at book festivals. She took part in the British Museum's POMPEII LIVE event, giving talks that were streamed to schools all over the UK, and she is the winner of the 2009 CLASSICS ASSOCIATION PRIZE for 'a significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics'. In addition to the 17 novels in the ROMAN MYSTERIES sequence, Caroline Lawrence has written five spin-off titles, all of which have contributed to total UK sales in excess of 1 million copies. Visit Caroline's website at www.carolinelawrence.com and follow her on Twitter @CarolineLawrenc.

About Nigel Anthony

Nigel Anthony has worked extensively in the theatre (RSC, Chichester, Scarborough) and on television (Midsomer Murders, Doctors, Coronation Street, Casualty), but it is for his voice work that he is particularly well known. He has won both Sony and Radio Times awards for best actor in Radio Drama, and he is much in demand as a reader of audiobooks. He has been the voice of Tesco, Orange and Hyundai in commercials and is a frequent narrator of documentaries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clare

This is a young person's travelogue in historic Roman times, starting in Ostia and crossing to North Africa with a long caravan trip across the top of the Sahara to a frontier outpost where the governor tries to keep life civilised. Flavia and her friends are mourning the death of a teenage wife in......more

Goodreads review by Katie

Turns out that the reason I don't remember anything that happens in this book is that in fact very very little happens.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

Given that this series is essentially about four children who manage to wander around the Roman Empire and solve mysteries together, this is definitely the one that needs you to suspend your disbelief a lot more. But that doesn’t make the story any less compelling. This volume sees the four friends......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

I had a difficult time suspending my adult realism for this one. Firstly, the idea that Flavia would slip away on a ship to a different continent without her father's knowledge is super anxiety-producing. Secondly, the crew being left behind by the ship is literally the script of some of my most str......more

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