Pompeii

a novel

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278 pages

English language

Published 2005 by Random House Trade Pbks., Random House Trade Pbks.

ISBN:
978-0-8129-7461-4
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OCLC Number:
62632161

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When the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of people around the bay of Naples fails, Roman engineer Marius Primus heads to the slopes of Mount Vesuvius to investigate, only to come face to face with an impending catastrophe.

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reviewed Pompeii by Harris, Robert

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The year is 79 A.D. A young aquarius - aquatic engineer - from Rome is sent to Misenum to replace a disappeared predecessor. The aqueduct is blocked and the aquarius must fix it. The blockage is in the town of Pompeii, underneath Mount Vesuvius. There the aquarius encounters corrupt politicians, thugs, slaves, murderers, dangerous wealthy crooks and a beautiful young woman. All that in the countdown to the historic volcanic eruption from Vesuvius which erased Pompeii from the face of earth. A fine measure of history and suspense.

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Subjects

  • Water-supply -- Fiction.
  • Aqueducts -- Fiction.
  • Engineers -- Fiction.
  • Volcanoes -- Fiction.
  • Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79 -- Fiction.
  • Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Fiction.