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Pompeii
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  • Published: 1 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9780099527947
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $24.99

Pompeii

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Paperback
1 Oct 2009
EBook
1 Jan 2010
Audiobook
20 Nov 2014
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FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF AN OFFICER AND A SPY AND THE SECOND SLEEP

During a sweltering week in late August, 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.
  • Published: 1 October 2009
  • ISBN: 9780099527947
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Robert Harris

ROBERT HARRIS is a long-time music journalist, writer, teacher, and broadcaster. From 2000-2008, he was the host and producer of I Hear Music, a weekly show presented on CBC Radio 2. He is the author of two books, What to Listen for in Mozart, and What to Listen for in Beethoven. He is the classical music critic for The Globe and Mail.
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