Surviving Vesuvius
a lucky escape from the tragic fate of ancient pompeii
$34.79
- Hardcover
80 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2025
Summary
Pompeii: Pliny’s Account of the Vesuvius Eruption
This narrative nonfiction book vividly recreates the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii, drawing on the firsthand account of Pliny the Younger.
In 79 AD, seventeen-year-old Roman student Pliny the Younger is at his home across the bay from the bustling town of Pompeii, where people are going about their daily lives. The tremors are becoming more frequent, but no one suspects the impendi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780711279230 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0711279233 |
| Author: | Christopher Harrisson, Beth Waters |
| Publisher: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Wide Eyed Editions |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 290mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
“This dramatic, illustrated retelling of the eruption of Vesuvius is based on the letters of Pliny the Younger, the lawyer and author who witnessed this monumental historical event.”
* The Bookseller *“A solidly researched account of a long-ago tragedy.”
* Kirkus Reviews *“Older readers who enjoy history, especially ones that truly draw the reader into the time period, will be entranced….”
* Children’s Literature *About The Author
Christopher Harrisson
Christopher Harrisson is a writer, artist and animator living in Bristol, UK.
Beth Waters is an illustrator and printmaker originally from Yorkshire now living and working in Cambridge, UK. She is a graduate of the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, her first book, Child St Kilda, was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
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