In the Shadow of Vesuvius : A Life of Pliny

In the Shadow of Vesuvius : A Life of PlinyAuthor: Dunn, Daisy Italy Published on 20 August 2020 by Harpercollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 352 pages 129 x 198 x 30 328g 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 In a

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of our ceaseless human striving for eternity

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Wangari Maathai - as well as lesser-known heroes

where he was trapped by the outbreak of the Civil War

the Surrealists up to the end of the war