Product Description

September AD 80. Flavia and her friends go to Rome to celebrate the Festival of Jupiter at Senator Cornix's town house. When a famous racehorse goes missing, Nubia sets out to recover it. The four friends find themselves caught up in a plot against one of the rival factions, the Greens. Who is trying to sabotage the charioteers? Could it be an inside job, or someone with a grudge from long ago? How many men and horses will die before the killer is caught?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77134 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
'the most thrilling part of the novel for me was Caroline Lawrence's depth of research. Her relation that some of the characters were based on real historical figures gave me great delight, and will doubtlessly enthuse all her readers to find out more about the Roman world.' AUTHORTREK.COM 'It's a roller-coaster of a read that grips one until the very last page... The story has pace and thrills and spills aplenty' HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW

HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW
'It's a roller-coaster of a read that grips one until the very last page... The story has pace and thrills and spills aplenty'

From the Inside Flap
It's September, AD 80 Fire haunts the four detectives in different ways. First of all, an accident at home leads Flavia, Nubia, Jonathan and Lupus to Rome - in time to plunge into the exciting world of chariot-racing, and solve a new mystery. A famous racehorse has gone missing just days before important events at the Circus Maximus. With their new friend Scopos, the young charioteer from Delphi, the friends must infiltrate rival racing factions to discover who stole the horse, and why. There's a large reward to be won! But who are their allies and where are their foes? And will the fiery nightmares from the past stand in the way of getting to the truth? Life's a circus, but not every act is what it first appears to be, in the twelfth dramatic title in the Roman Mystery series. Caroline Lawrence is American. She grew up in California and came to England when she won a scholarship to Cambridge to study Classical Archaeology, which she followed with a degree in Hebrew and Jewish studies at the University of London. She lives by the river in London with her husband, a graphic designer. The Charioteer of Delphi is the twelfth of the Roman Mysteries, following The Thieves of Ostia, The Secrets of Vesuvius, The Pirates of Pompeii, The Assassins of Rome, The Dolphins of Laurentum, The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina, The Enemies of Jupiter, The Gladiators from Capua, The Colossus of Rhodes, The Fugitive from Corinth and The Sirens of Surrentum. Eighteen books are planned. To find out more about the Roman Mysteries, visit www.romanmysteries.com

Customer Reviews

Once again brilliant!
This book is full of excitement and mystery. I love all of the Roman Mystery books.I have read all of them at least twice. It has historically accurate sections and you can learn lots. Some paragraphs or phrases make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I love the descriptions in the book and the action chapters. I can't wait for the next book in the series and hope that it will be as good as this one.

Amazing!
I read this book because I have read all the preceeding books in the series. The Charioteer of Delphi is a wonderful book but possibly not the best place to start in the series as it is the thirteenth book. I enjoyed the Charioteer of Delphi immensely and new complex characters were introduced. This is one of Caroline Lawrence 's best written books, I like the way she doesn't patronise children by writing about children who are always perfect. It inspired me to read more about ancient Rome and Aristo's scroll at the back is very helpful.

The best bookso far
This book is a masterpiece. I read it inthree days and I never wanted to put it down. I love the way it al goes together. So why don't you get it and read the pages over and over again.