In the Shadow of Vesuvius
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‘Never less than compelling … She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life’ Tom Holland, Literary Review‘Starts with an erupting volcano – and then ge...
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‘Never less than compelling … She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life’ Tom Holland, Literary Review‘Starts with an erupting volcano – and then gets more exciting … Wonderfully rich, witty, insightful and wide-ranging’ Sarah Bakewell ‘Never less than compelling … She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life’ Tom Holland, Literary Review‘Starts with an erupting volcano – and then gets more exciting … Wonderfully rich, witty, insightful and wide-ranging’ Sarah BakewellIn a dazzling, lively new literary biography, Daisy Dunn weaves together the lives of two Roman greats: Pliny the Elder, author of Natural History, and his nephew Pliny the Younger, who inherited his uncle’s notebooks and intellectual legacy. Breathing vivid life back into the Plinys, Daisy Dunn charts the extraordinary lives of two outstanding minds and their lasting legacy on the world. ‘A fascinating, compelling and excellent biography’ Simon Sebag Montefiore‘Immensely entertaining and readable … Thoroughly recommended’Sunday Times
Detaljer
Forlag
William Collins
ISBN
9780008211127
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
352
Udgivelsesdato
20-08-2020
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3334315
EAN nr.
9780008211127
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
198
Bredde (mm)
129
Længde (mm)
30
Vægt (g)
328