by Henry Winterfeld · Hachette Jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782013218887
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«Caïus et le Gladiateur» is the mystery and adventure novel by Henry Winterfeld, published by Hachette Jeunesse in paperback (251 pages, in French).
Xantippe's pupils, in Tiberius's Rome, offer a slave to their teacher without imagining that this gesture is a grave mistake that will end up endangering their lives; what follows is a police investigation through the city's streets.
Second installment of the Detectives in Togas series. The work was originally published in 1953; in English it is titled Mystery of the Roman Ransom.
Aimed at young readers and fans of historical mystery novels.
Henry Winterfeld, published under the pseudonym Manfred Michael, was a German writer and artist famous for his children's and young adult novels. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1940 and lived there until his death.
