The Fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii Lost and Found (Hardcover)

from KarenDuff

I listened to this rather than reading it and I really enjoyed it. I thought the reader did a really good job and delivered the writer's work very well. As for the book itself I liked the fact that for the most part the writer did not claim that she knew for certain that this was what life in Pom...

from nellista

Wonderfully researched. Pompeii is so much more than a town caught in suspended animation by the eruption of a volcano! There is so much detail, some of which gives a clear picture of life at the time, and also leaves a good deal of puzzles to mull over as well.

from robeik

Lots of detail about Pompeii, focusing on life in the town before it being engulfed by Vesuvius. Nicely illustrated. A few pointers at the end about visiting the site. The author's writing style is interesting. She is very candid about our lack of certainty of many things, and casts a skeptical e...

from nellista

Wonderfully researched. Pompeii is so much more than a town caught in suspended animation by the eruption of a volcano! There is so much detail, some of which gives a clear picture of life at the time, and also leaves a good deal of puzzles to mull over as well.

from john.cooper

This is this generation's best book on Pompeii; it's impossible to imagine visiting the site without having read it, and although it's not a guidebook, it does have a helpful appendix called "Making a Visit" that covers what to wear, how best to arrive, and which houses you'll probably be most in...