Publication

2005 - George Weidenfeld & Nicholson

Language

English

Word Count

88,500 words, Guess

Page Count

354 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100297645609
  • ISBN-139780297645603
  • Goodreads2432992
  • LibraryThing382346
  • Open LibraryOL9604446M

First Sentence

In July 1738, workmen digging the foundations of a summer palace for Charles of Bourbon, the King of Naples, discovered the first hard evidence of the cities that had been buried by Vesuvius in AD 79.

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