A Day of Fire : a novel of Pompeii (Paperback)

from janerawoof

Enthralling and very well written novel about Pompeii and how different inhabitants dealt with the earthquakes and volcano eruption. Each section told the stories of different folks and their fates. Some of them escaped the disaster and some were unlucky enough to perish in the black river of lav...

from TheTrueBookAddict

I have always been fascinated with Pompeii. I remember being so excited, at just 15 years old, when the mini-series, The Last Days of Pompeii aired on television (based on the novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton). My fascination did not wan with age, as I learned more by reading books and watching coun...

from celticlady53

A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii is the story of the destruction of Pompeii. We have all learned about Pompeii in the history books but as far as I know, there has not been a lot of historical fiction written about Pompeii. This novel is a collaboration of six fantastic authors who tell a believ...

from ljldml

Who doesn't like a good story about Pompeii? Well, in this book you get not one but SIX interwoven tales. All stories contain dynamic characters who happened to be in Pompeii on that fateful day in 79AD. (on 79CE). Through these fantastic authors, we glimpse the day to day workings in an ancient ...

from Zumbanista

A Day of Fire is six interrelated short stories by six authors about the last day of Pompeii's existence. The book follows the final actions of various characters as they come to their tragic ends. I hadn't read any of the authors previously although I understand them to be very popular writers o...