{"product_id":"9780099282617_87","title":"Pompeii by Harris, Robert | Subject:Literature \u0026 Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct DescriptionA sweltering week in late August. Where better to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples? But even as Rome'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. 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.Review\"Blazingly exciting... Harris, as Vesuvius explodes, gives full vent to his genius for thrilling narrative... pulse-rate-speeding masterpieces of suffocating suspense and searing action\" (Sunday Times)\"Robert Harris'sPompeii is his best yet: as explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history - Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Books of the Year'\" (Daily Telegraph)\"Breakneck pace, constant jeopardy and subtle twists of plot... a blazing blockbuster\" (Daily Mail)\"Harris has done a tremendous job in evoking life in ancient Italy... I am lost in admiration at his energy and skill\" (Mail on Sunday)\"The long drawn-out death agony of the two cities is brilliantly done. Explosive stuff indeed\" (Daily Telegraph)Book DescriptionA number one bestselling Roman thriller from the award-winning master of the literary and historical thriller genre: Robert Harris. A thrilling depiction of one of the most famous natural disasters in human history: the explosion of Mount Vesuvius.From the Inside FlapAncient Rome is the setting for the superb new novel from Robert Harris, author of the number one bestsellersFatherland,Enigma andArchangel.Where else to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples. All along the coast, the Roman Empire's richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas. The world's largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum and Pompeii.Only one man is worried. The engineer Marius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. His predecessor has disappeared. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta's sixty-mile main line -- somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Marius -- decent, practical, incorruptible -- promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. But as he heads out towards Vesuvius he is about to discover there are forces that even the world's only superpower can't control.Pompeii recreates in spellbinding detail one of the most famous natural disasters of all time. And by focusing on the characters of an engineer and a scientist, it offers an entirely original perspective on the Roman world.From the Hardcover edition.About the AuthorRobert Harris is the author of ten bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy -Imperium, Lustrum andDictator - Fatherland,Enigma,Archangel,Pompeii,The Ghost,The Fear Index, and An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Several of his books have been filmed, most recentlyThe Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.MARS22 August Two days before the eruptionCONTICINIUM [04:21 hours]A strong correlation has been found between the magnitude of eruptions and the length of the preceding interval of repose. Alm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Good | Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Used Good","offer_id":42965133328630,"sku":"9780099282617_R1_W3_A2","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/3857\/8002\/products\/51-Fqg8i7UL_ad7a9935-ff24-40e3-87f2-bfbb1bb4e065.jpg?v=1648566983","url":"https:\/\/www.worthing.in\/products\/9780099282617_87","provider":"Worthing.in","version":"1.0","type":"link"}