by Edward Bulwer-Lytton · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782013214469
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«Les derniers jours de Pompéi» is the abridged historical novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, published by Hachette in paperback (320 pages, in French).
The novel recreates Roman Pompeii on the eve of the eruption of Vesuvius, where a story of love and betrayal crosses paths with the lives of characters from different social classes. The narrative combines fiction and historical events up to the disaster that buried the city.
The edition, in French and with 320 pages, was published by Hachette in 1999 and includes a supplementary dossier to the story.
This abridged edition is intended for readers aged 9 to 12 and can serve as a first introduction to the historical novel.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, GCMG, PC was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, as which he selected Richard Clement Moody to found British Columbia. He was created Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866.
