Pompeii
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Pompeii: A Novel
By Robert HarrisRecently placed in charge of the Aqua Augusta, the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of people around the bay of Naples, Roman engineer Marius Primus struggles to discover why the aqueduct has ceased delivering water and heads ...
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Pompeii
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Pompeii: Public and Private Life
By Paul ZankerThis richly illustrated book conducts us through the captured wonders of Pompeii, evoking at every turn the life of the city as it was 2,000 years ago.
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Pompeii: An Archaeological Guide
By Paul Wilkinson... cemeteries and their decorative art, represent one key way in which the inhabitants could express who they were: the city as a combination of public stage and private living space' (Zanker, Pompeii, Public and Private Life, 1998).
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Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
By Mary BeardThis remarkable book by Britain's best known classicist rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains as well as exploding many myths.
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Pompeii
By Nicholas HarrisEach title in The Story of... series, suitable for children aged 7-11, features a stunning visual sequence in which the same viewpoint is held over time-sometimes minutes or hours, sometimes thousands of years-while the events unfold ...
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Pompeii: (Grove Art Essentials)
By Peter J. Holliday, Katherine M. D. Dunbabin, Eugene DwyerSituated in the Sarno River valley in southern Italy, on a gentle slope facing the sea to the south of Vesuvius, the Roman site of Pompeii was already famous throughout the ancient world when it was destroyed by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius ...
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Pompeii
By Fiona Macdonald"What happened to the busy city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago?"--Cover [4]. This book gives facts about the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 which buried this city.
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Pompeii: A History of the City and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
By Fergus MasonIn a near instant, over 15,000 people were dead and a city was completely destroyed. This book looks at the rise, fall, and rediscovery of the great city of Pompeii.
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Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
By Mary BeardThis remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been ...
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Pompeii: The Living City
By Ray Laurence, Alex Butterworth***Please note that this ebook does not contain the photo insert that appears in the print book.*** The ash of Mt. Vesuvius preserves a living record of the complex and exhilarating society it instantly obliterated two thousand years ago.
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Pompeii
By Erich Lessing, Antonio VaroneLocated in the Bay of Naples at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, the city of Pompeii is testimony to one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. After being...
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Pompeii: A Novel
By Robert HarrisBut Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work—both natural and man-made—threatening to destroy him.
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Pompeii
Describes the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii in 79 A.D. and the rediscovery and subsequent excavation of this buried city.
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Pompeii
By Robert Harris'Robert Harris's Pompeii is his best yet: as explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history' Simon Sebag Montefiore, 'Books of the Year', Daily Telegraph A sweltering week in late August.
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Pompeii: The History, Life and Art of the Buried City
By Marisa Ranieri PanettaExplores the history and art of Pompeii through the analysis of artifacts and ruins that give clues into the public, religious, commercial, and private lives of its inhabitants; and provides an overview of the excavation of the land and ...
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Pompeii
By Pier Giovanni Guzzo, Antonio D'AmbrosioSince its discovery in the middle of the eighteenth century, Pompeii has aroused the interest of scholars and laypeople alike. The thrill of finding the ancient city--buried by the eruption...
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Pompeii: Public and Private Life
By Paul ZankerPaul Zanker, a noted authority on Roman art and architecture shows us the images that marked Pompeii's development from country town to Roman imperial city.
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Pompeii: History, Life & Afterlife
By Roger LingRoger Ling describes the day-to-day life of Pompeii's inhabitants on the eve of the fatal eruption in AD 79, as well as the eruption itself and its aftermath. The city...
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Pompeii: Echoes from the Grand Tour
By Jay Parini, Jim Nisbet, Mimmo JodiceAn original point of view on the ancient Grand Tour