Judith Harris

Pompeii Awakened (eBook, ePUB)

A Story of Rediscovery

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The rediscovery of the Roman cities overwhelmed by the rage of Vesuvius is one of history's most extraordinary adventure stories. Pompeii Awakened revels in that adventure, and tells of the re-emergence of a long-vanished cosmopolis which profoundly inspired a later age - from its arts and architecture to its science, sex and religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857737212
• Artikelnr.: 55413730

Autorenporträt

Judith Harris

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Foreword Introduction I The Plutocrats of Pompeii II
Tunnels III Papyrus IV Dynasty, Neapolitan Style V The Moon and Crabs VI
Vulcanology VII Dirty and Other Pictures VIII Running from Revolution IX
Napoleon's Family Affair X A Dark and Stomy Marriage XI Rebels Among the
Ruins XII Victorians in Toga XIII 'M' is for Mussolini XIV The Library at
the End of the Tunnel Epilogue: Lost Again Notes Select Bibliography
Picture Credits Index