Pompeii

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Plt;bPgt;FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF Plt;iPgt;AN OFFICER AND A SPYPlt;/iPgt; AND Plt;iPgt;THE SECOND SLEEPPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;

P#39;A pulse-rate-speeding masterpieceP#39; Plt;iPgt;Plt;bPgt;Sunday TimesPlt;/bPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A stunning novel . . . the subtlety and power of its construction holds our attention to the endP#39; Plt;iPgt;Plt;bPgt;The TimesPlt;/bPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;During a sweltering week in late August, as RomeP#39;s richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow . . .Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great historyP#39; Plt;iPgt;Plt;bPgt;Daily TelegraphPlt;/bPgt;Plt;/iPgt;

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780099527947
Published: October 2009

Number of pages: 432
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 29 mm

Publisher: Cornerstone