The Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence

Caroline has a son Simon, from a previous marriage, and she now lives by the Thames in London with her husband Richard, a graphic designer. Her other passions include cinema, jazz and London. The Roman Mysteries combine Caroline's love of art history, ancient languages and travel. In 2000 she wrote The Thieves of Ostia, the first in a series of children's adventure stories set in Ancient Rome, the book was published in 2001. She then taught Latin, French and art at a small London primary school. There, at Newnham College, she studied Classical Art and Archaeology.Īfter Cambridge, Caroline remained in England, and later took an MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London. She afterwards studied Classics at Berkeley, where she won a Marshall Scholarship to Cambridge. When she was twelve, Caroline's family moved to Stanford University in northern California so that her father could study Linguistics. Her father taught English and drama in a local high school and her mother was an artist. Her American parents returned to the United States shortly afterwards and she grew up in Bakersfield, California with her younger brother and sister. JSTOR ( March 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.įind sources: 'Caroline Lawrence' – news

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The Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence