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- Location(s): Pompeii
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 79AD and Modern
On mountain slopes south of Pompeii a group of Roman citizens flees the doomed city, leaving their footprints in a layer of volcanic ash. Two thousand years later the footprints are rediscovered, and a joint Anglo-Italian dig is set...
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
- Location(s): Pompeii
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 79AD and Modern
Pompeii explodes a number of myths – from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought: the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs: and the legendary number of...
- Location(s): Pompeii, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): Modern looking back to AD 79
The eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 buried a city and its people, their treasures and secrets. Centuries later, echoes of this disaster resonate with profound consequences in the life of classics professor Sophie Chase. Beneath layers...
- Location(s): Pompeii
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Early A.D.
An engaging, female-focussed novel set in ancient Pompeii, from an exciting new voice in historical fiction. The streets of Pompeii have a life of their own: the cries of the hawkers, the beauty and dirt of the crowds, the...
- Location(s): Pompeii
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1st Century
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...
- Location(s): Pompeii
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary / AD 79
The sunlight caught her gold bracelet, sending a flash that almost blinded her. She closed her eyes, but jumped when the earth started shaking and there was an almighty boom behind her. Present Day Finally escaping an abusive marriage,...