Detectives in Togas Author:Henry Winterfield Translated fro the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Illustrated by Charlotte Kleinert. — Originally published under the title "Caius ist ein Dumkopf." — Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 56-6922. — From the inside flypage: — During the 1936 excavations in Pompeii a temple wall came to light on which had been scribbled, in childish hands, t... more »he words:
CAIUS ASINUS EST
That scrawl from the days of Ancient Rome was the inspiration for this book.« less