by Edward Bulwer-Lytton · Editions Gallimard · tapa dura · ISBN 9782070501847
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«Les Derniers jours de Pompéi» is the historical novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, published by Editions Gallimard in hardback (533 pages, in French).
The action begins in Pompeii on 24 August AD 79, in the hours before the eruption of Vesuvius. The novel follows several characters from the Roman city up to the catastrophe that ended an era.
The work was originally published in English as The Last Days of Pompeii in 1834. This edition belongs to the 1000 Soleils collection.
Aimed at a children's and young adult audience, this edition brings younger readers closer to the history of ancient Rome.
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.
