by Robert Harris · Hutchinson · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780091794934
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«Pompeii» is the historical novel by Robert Harris, published by Hutchinson in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Set in the summer of AD 79, it recounts the final days of Pompeii and Herculaneum through several characters, including the young engineer Marcus Attilius, in charge of the Aqua Augusta aqueduct. When it stops flowing, intrigues and omens grow: a historical thriller.
Robert Harris, author of Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel, originally published «Pompeii» in 2003; the edition described appeared in 2004.
For readers of historical fiction and thrillers set in Ancient Rome.
Robert Dennis Harris CBE is a British novelist and former journalist. Although he began his career in journalism and non-fiction, he is best known for his works of historical fiction. Beginning with the best-seller Fatherland, Harris focused on events surrounding the Second World War, followed by works set in ancient Rome. His later works are varied in settings but are mostly set after 1870.
