When two British schoolboys decide to test the truth of the ancient Spartan tale of Romulus and Remus, they are soon stuck with the task of recovering a missing baby and making up ever-more elaborate lies to cover their tracks. This highly imaginative madcap farce could only have been crafted by Leon Garfield, the award-winning author of Black Jack.
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Leon Garfield (1921–1996) was one of the top children’s authors of his time. Among his most popular works were about a dozen adventure novels set in an alternate eighteenth-century London. His novel Devil-in-the-Fog earned him the first-ever Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction, and he won the Carnegie Medal for his retelling of the Greek Myths, The God beneath the Sea, and a Whitbread Book Award for John Diamond.
Ron Keith, a native of England, graduated from the University of Manchester. He has appeared in the Broadway touring production of Amadeus, in off-Broadway productions such as Hedda Gabler, My Fair Lady, and Candida, and in many regional stage productions. His television appearances include roles in One Life to Live and As the World Turns.