A fast and brilliantly funny romp - and a classic comedy of errors - which brings Roman London to life.
Drucilla loves living by the river in Londinium. That is, until the fateful day when Pontius Maximus, a leader of the Roman Army, returns a pot to Drucilla's mother's shop. On his way out, he slips on a toy chariot (belonging to Drucilla's pesky younger brother) and embarrasses himself in front of everyone.
From then on, Drucilla and her family are public enemy number one. So it's a bit tricky, then, when Pontius decides he's fallen in love with Drucilla's mother, not realising who she is. How can this disastrous union be stopped?
Matters aren't helped by the intervention of meddlesome Aunt Lydia from Rome; Sybil, the unreliable soothsayer; Horace the Offal (the smelliest man in Londinium); and a curse that Drucilla and her brother rescue from the river.
'Black Cats' is a new on-going series for confident 8-10 year old readers, from the reluctant to the avid, that combine high interest stories with stylish comic-strip presentation. The series has good writing in all genres: spooky, comic and magic, among others.
