The Scribes from Alexandria, Caroline Lawrence
The Scribes from Alexandria, Caroline Lawrence
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The Scribes from Alexandria
Book 15

Author: Caroline Lawrence

Narrator: Nigel Anthony

Unabridged: 3 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/19/2008

Synopsis

A desperate quest begins in the port of Alexandria: site of the great lighthouse, the famous Library, and the tomb of Alexander the Great.

Codes, riddles, anagrams and hieroglyphics lead the young detectives down the river Nile to pyramids and sphinxes, temples and tombs, crocodiles and hippos. But what lies at the end of the journey? Treasure? Or death?

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 Mara

Compared to the last one, this one was more exciting. It had more purpose to the things that happened, more mystery, and I was very curious to see how things turned out. But it also had tons of flaws. For one thing, no book intended for this age bracket should go into such detail about how a male is......more

Goodreads review by Katie

I was correct, there is indeed a character called Seth. Otherwise, this is too similar to the previous one - too much travelling, not enough mystery. There is at least a slight twist towards the end, but the few moments of genuine suspense are immediately diffused, and it all just feels a bit like f......more

Goodreads review by Emma

I really enjoyed the quest narrative structure in this book- especially the riddles although I found some surpassed the comprehension of an 18 year old let alone a generic 12 year old. While the ending to the mission was a little anticlimactic and rushed for me I like the foreshadowing of future iss......more

Goodreads review by ChroniclesofTania

The book begins with a shipwreck after the children set sail from Volubillis (Morocco) back home to Ostia in the last book. They encounter a storm and Flavia finds herself on a beach not far from Alexandria. She soon finds Jonathan and Lupus after some searching for survivors. However Nubia and Uncl......more

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