Rome in Flames
Published on 16. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-281-07635-2 (ISBN)
Description
Bryn, now 13-years-old is working at a baker's shop in Rome but still dreaming of returning to his British homeland.
Nero has been emperor for ten years and many fear him. Nero particularly dislikes Christians, who worship their own God instead of the emperor, and has had some arrested and killed. A great fire breaks out in the city, and Bryn and his friends escape to the outskirts, to the home of a rich slave-trader, Septimus.
Bryn returns to the city to see the damage and finds a city in ruins. However, he also seems members of Nero's own Praetorian Guard setting fire to houses.
Rumours fly that the Emperor has had the fire started deliberately in order to clear ground to build a grand new palace, but others blame the Christians.
Bryn is amongst those arrested. Nero wants to round up a hundred Christians and have them set alight as a mighty spectacle.
Will Bryn and his friends survive?
Nero has been emperor for ten years and many fear him. Nero particularly dislikes Christians, who worship their own God instead of the emperor, and has had some arrested and killed. A great fire breaks out in the city, and Bryn and his friends escape to the outskirts, to the home of a rich slave-trader, Septimus.
Bryn returns to the city to see the damage and finds a city in ruins. However, he also seems members of Nero's own Praetorian Guard setting fire to houses.
Rumours fly that the Emperor has had the fire started deliberately in order to clear ground to build a grand new palace, but others blame the Christians.
Bryn is amongst those arrested. Nero wants to round up a hundred Christians and have them set alight as a mighty spectacle.
Will Bryn and his friends survive?
Reviews / Votes
I am 7 years old and I just read this amazing book about a boy who has been captured and taken to Rome as a slave. It is full of adventure and I learnt a lot of facts about Rome. I enjoyed it so much that I've just started the second book in the series. - Amazon review * Amazon review * I enjoyed this book so much that I read it in 3 hours. Kathy Lee's books are amazing and I would recommend them to anyone. * Amazon review * I bought all the books in the series. My son (aged 11) said they were all very exciting and he read each one in a day. * Amazon review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-281-07635-2 (9780281076352)
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Kathy Lee has sold over 60,000 books for younger readers. She is the author of The Lost Book Trilogy, The Fabulous Phoebe series, The Mallenford Mysteries, Deadly Emily and No Angel, among other titles. Kathy was born in Montrose, Scotland. She studied zoology and then worked with computers, but always knew that she wanted to write. While her three sons were still young she wrote her first children's book - sitting on the stairs trying to get them to sleep at night!