by Henry Winterfeld · Livre de Poche Jeunesse (Le) · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782013224031
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«L'affaire Caïus» is the mystery novel by Henry Winterfeld, published by Le Livre de Poche Jeunesse in paperback (256 pages, in French).
During a class in imperial Rome, a joke written on Caïus's tablet, «Caïus is a donkey», makes his classmates laugh. However, when the same phrase appears in red letters in the temple of Minerva, the offense becomes sacrilege, and Caïus and his friends must discover the author before the consequences fall on them.
First installment of the Detectives in Togas series, originally published in 1953; this French paperback edition appeared in 2007.
Recommended for readers aged 9 to 12, with an interest in mystery and life in ancient Rome.
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.
