Vesuvius

By Gillian Darley

Book Overview

The cataclysm that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD 79 continues to fascinate nearly two thousand years later. Darley's meditation on a powerful natural wonder touches on pagan beliefs, vulcanology, and travel writing, as it sifts through the ashes of Vesuvius to expose changes in our understanding of cultural and natural environments.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674052854
• ISBN13: 9780674052857
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.8" x 7.4"