The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found

Although Pompeii still does not give up its secrets quite as easily as it may seem, Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. From sex to politics, food to religion, slavery to literacy, she offers us the big picture of the inhabitants of the lost city.

• | Author: Mary Beard
• | Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: April 30, 2010
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0674045866
• | ISBN-13: 9780674045866