The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found

Mary Beard guides readers through Pompeii’s ash‑covered streets, revealing the city’s vibrant daily life before Vesuvius erupted, and showing how a single volcanic disaster reshaped Roman culture and memory.

Brand: Belknap Press
ISBN: 0674045866
MPN: Illustrated
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Height 235 mm
Imprint The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
ISBN 9780674045866
Languages English
Number of pages 384
Publication date 30 Apr 2010
Publisher Harvard
Spine width 28 mm
Weight 635 g
Width 155 mm