Product DescriptionIt is a.d. 79. The Roman world is reeling from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Hundreds of refugees are living in a makeshift camp, trying to come to terms with what has happened. Then even more tragedy strikes: the camp’s children begin to disappear. Flavia Gemina and her friends Jonathan, Nubia, and Lupus are determined to find out more and start to investigate a powerful and charismatic man known as the Patron. A dangerous trail leads them to the caves and grottoes of Sorrento, where they encounter pirates, slave dealers—and possible death.
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Rating: - A Magnificent Mystery
The Pirates of Pompeii brings more complexities into the lives of Flavia, Nubia, Jonathan and Lupus. In the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius a refugee camp has been set up where Doctor Mordecai spends his days treating the injured. No one knows what happened to Clio and there is little hope that she survived. The people of the camp are visited by the Emperor Titus, who has brought supplies paid for out of his own funds.
Amid the hope that life might return to normal, ... Read More
Rating: - A Fun Series!
The Pirates of Pompeii follows immediately after the events in The Secret's of Vesuvius, and is the third in Lawrence's Roman Mysteries Series. Here we rejoin Flavia, Nubia, Jonathan, and Lupus as they find themselves in a refugee camp near Surrentum. As with the previous books, this volume is set in the first century, 79 A.D. As we start out here, the group (along with Uncle Gaius, Aristo, Miriam, Mordecai and the dogs) are working hard to help the survirors with Mrodecai offering his services ... Read More
Rating: - The Pirates of Pompeii
The Pirates of Pompeii was a captivating book that took you from the night after the horrifying volcanic eruption to the healing of one of the four detectives. On the day after the eruption, the slave girl Nubia and the freeborn Roman, Flavia went out to look for the healing flower for the doctor of Pompeii, scrounging in the ash of the aftermath. When the two girls found the flower they also found a girl who could not find her brother. They took her to the village where the other two detectives ... Read More
Rating: - Intriguing
I found the book The Pirates of Pompeii interesting. In the beginning I found it boring, as I read on it became better and better. It is an excellent mystery that keeps you guessing until the last page.
Rating: - An exciting adventure.
This is an exciting adventure for Flavia, Lupus, Jonathan, and Nubia in the Ancient Roman Empire. There are pirates taking kids all over the area around Mount Vesuvius after it erupts. Flavia and her friends face many dangers while they're trying to figure out who the kidnappers are.
If you like exciting, mysterious, historical fiction you should read this book. It is best if read in order in the Roman Mysteries series. This is book III.
- A Magnificent Mystery 
- A Fun Series! 
