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Pompeii: From the Sunday Times bestselling author
Robert Harris
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Description for Pompeii: From the Sunday Times bestselling author
Paperback. A sweltering week in late August. Where better to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples? But even as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
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'A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece' Sunday Times
'A stunning novel . . . the subtlety and power of its construction holds our attention to the end' The Times
During a sweltering week in late August, as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow . . .
Through ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099527947
SKU
9780099527947
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About Robert Harris
Robert Harris is the author of fifteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2 and Act of Oblivion. His work has been translated into ... Read more
Reviews for Pompeii: From the Sunday Times bestselling author
Harris is a writer of integrity who does not seek refuge in postmodernist nonsense...He knows how to tell a story and achieves page-turningreadability without effort.
Frank McLynn, Daily Express
Explosive stuff, indeed - and, yes, it goes with a bang.
Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph
The depth of research in this book is staggering...Pompeii is indeed a ... Read more
Frank McLynn, Daily Express
Explosive stuff, indeed - and, yes, it goes with a bang.
Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph
The depth of research in this book is staggering...Pompeii is indeed a ... Read more