The secrets of Vesuvius
By: Caroline Lawrence.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Roman mysteries ;; bk. 2
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Brookfield, Ct
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Pliny, the Elder -- Fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction; Riddles -- Fiction; Lost children -- Fiction; Mystery and detective stories; Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79 -- Fiction; Italy -- Antiquities -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster.