Resource Summary

0152234152

Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld (Author), Richard and Clara Winston (Translator)

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Schoolboys in Ancient Rome seek to prove their friend's innocence and find the real culprit.
Details
  • Resource Type: Book
  • ISBN: 0-15-223415-2
  • Print Status: In Print
  • Chapters: 22
  • Pages: 249
  • Suggested Grade Level: 2nd - 12th
  • Geographical Setting: Rome
  • Subjects: History
  • Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
  • Copyright: 1956
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A Good Addition; One Caution

Reviewed by Parent/Teacher

We've read Detectives in Togas and its sequel, Mystery of the Roman Ransom. My girls really liked them. They are good mystery plots and give a real taste of life in Ancient Rome woven into the storyline. The main caution I would give is that they use a lot of Roman-god comments . . . "By Jupiter," and "The gods be praised" and stuff like that -- more in the sequel than in the first book. I read them aloud so I could edit out those comments as we went along. Overall, a good addition to an Ancient Rome study.

Chapter Details
  • 1 — The Wrong Lantern
  • 2 — A Muffled Groan
  • 3 — A Bump of Considerable Diameter
  • 4 — The Mathematical Burglar
  • 5 — Claudia
  • 6 — Handwriting
  • 7 — The Newspaper
  • 8 — Senator Vinicius
  • 9 — Wet Clothes and Empty Money-Box
  • 10 — The Hole in the Wall
  • 11 — Snakes
  • 12 — A River Inside a Building?
  • 13 — The Baths of Diana
  • 14 — A Letter to the Emperor
  • 15 — Xantippus Finds the Point
  • 16 — Cheap Soap, Burned Oil, and Onions
  • 17 — A Certain Guest
  • 18 — A Banquet
  • 19 — The Bakery
  • 20 — Surprises
  • 21 — Light
  • 22 — The Banks of the Rhine