The Last Days of Pompeii
by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
1834
ISBN/ASIN: 8562022403
Number of pages: 574
Description:
Classic Victorian tale of the last days of Pompeii, doomed city that lay at the feet of Mount Vesuvius. From poets to flower-girls, gladiators to Roman tribunes, here is a plausible story of their lives, their loves, and the tragic fate that awaited them.
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