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Roma Sub Rosa is a series of historical mystery novels by Steven Saylor set in ancient Rome and therefore populated by famous historic Roman citizens. [1] The phrase "Roma Sub Rosa" means, in Latin, "Rome under the rose."
Jenks is based on a real character from Blyton's home town who was promoted through the ranks of the police just as was his fictional counterpart. He becomes acquainted with the Five Find-Outers quite by chance in the first book of the series, The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage, while fishing. He admires the children, especially Fatty, much to ...
The ClueFinders is an educational software series aimed at children aged 8–12 that features a group of mystery-solving teenagers. The series was created by The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) as a counterpart to their Reader Rabbit series for older, elementary-aged students.
They find certain clues including broken-down nettles in a ditch, a footprint in a grassy field and the presence of Hawker Tempest planes (which Mr Hick mentions "flew over" the other day). The children realise that as Mr Hick claims to have been on the London train when the cottage was burnt, but by his own report saw the planes which flew ...
The Five Find-Outers are having tea at a local gymkhana with Inspector Jenks and his god-daughter Hilary, when a robbery occurs in a nearby house. The robber disappears from the scene of the crime without a trace and when the burgled house turns out to be Hilary's, the children have the perfect excuse to investigate.
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The novels' hero is a detective named Gordianus the Finder, active during the time of Sulla, Cicero, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra. Outside this crime novel series, Saylor has also written three epic-length historical novels about the city of Rome, Roma , Empire , and Dominus .
Mapback is a term used by paperback collectors to refer to the earliest paperback books published by Dell Books, beginning in 1943. The books are known as mapbacks because the back cover of the book contains a map that illustrates the location of the action. Dell books were numbered in series.