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 | Pompeii | The story of the eruption of Vesuvius, as experienced by an idealistic aqueduct engineer, who has to battle with corruption and mistreatment of slaves as well as the volcano. Pliny, a big fat Roman scientist/Admiral is in it too. Categories: non-speculative, thriller, historical |
| by Robert Harris | ||
| Score: 7.5 | ||
| Published: 2004 | ||
| Read: November 27th 2005 |
Comments
John said
Jolly good thriller with the ususal ingredients; murder, betrayal and a beautiful girl, together with Roman feasts, plenty of aqueduct engineering and loads of sulphur too!