The Eagle of Rome: A Lottie Lipton Adventure

The Eagle of Rome: A Lottie Lipton Adventure — page 5
elusive items in history I hope the British Museum’s unique library may contain clues to the whereabouts of she paused for dramatic effect the Eagle of the Ninth Legion Lottie gasped She didn’t need Uncle Bert to explain what that was The eagle was the standard which is a statue used as a symbol of the legendary lost Ninth Legion a Roman battalion of ten thousand men who mysteriously went missing when a mist descended on them on the battlefield But that’s just a myth shouted one of the reporters So was the Crystal Crown of Casablanca before I tracked it down said Lady Viola with 6