The Fires of Vesuvius, Pompeii Lost and Found

The Fires of Vesuvius, Pompeii Lost and Found
Mary Beard
ARCHAEOLOGY •  2010 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES

Mary Beard (The Parthenon) reconstructs daily life in the Roman city before the eruption of 24 August 79 in this lucid and lively guide to Pompeii. Series editor for the pocket Wonders of the World by Harvard University Press, Beard is a Classicist at Cambridge, well poised to bring to light what we know and what we don't know about the celebrated city with clarity.  (ITA46, $17.95)





 
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