Pompeii
Author(s): Robert Harris
SECONDHAND BOOKS | General Fiction
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. 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 the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction.
2004. A trade paperback copy only marked by very light creasing of the wraps and a gift inscription on the verso of the front wrap.
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'Robert Harris's Pompeii is his best yet: as explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history' Simon Sebag Montefiore, 'Books of the Year', Daily Telegraph
Robert Harris was born in Nottingham in 1957 and is a graduate of Cambridge University. He has been a reporter on the BBC's Newsnight and Panorama programmes, Political Editor of the Observer, and a columnist on The Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph. In 2003 he was named Columnist of the Year in the British Press Awards. He is the author of the number one bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel, as well as five non-fiction books. He lives in Berkshire with his wife and four children.
General Fields
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- : Hutchinson
- : Hutchinson
- : 01 May 2004
- : 250mm X 152mm X 28mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 352
- : 823.914
- : New edition
- : Paperback
- : Robert Harris