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Pompeii
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A sweltering week in late August. Where better to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples? All along the coast, the Roman Empire's richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas. The world's largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum and Pompeii. Only one man is worried.
The engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct which brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. His predecessor has disappeared. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta's sixty-mile main line - somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.
Attilius - decent, practical, incorruptible - promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. But as he heads out towards Vesuvius he is about to discover there are forces which even the world's only superpower can't control. Pompeii recreates in spellbinding detail one of the most famous natural disasters of all time. And by focusing on the characters of an engineer and a scientist, it offers an entirely original perspective on the Roman world.
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- Clare Ong
- 29-03-2023
A great story and performance
Loved this historical novel.Lots of detail and humour thrown in too.I would recommend this as a very entertaining listen .The narration was very good
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- Anonymous User
- 15-12-2020
Loved it, especially the ending.
I got lost a few times through the book as a it drifted between characters m but was still able to keep up and thoroughly enjoyed the book. Ending was fantastic.
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- Angipoo123
- 17-06-2023
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This fictional tale of the last hours before Vesuvius blew its fatal top was the best I’ve ever read. The storyline was just as I have imagined and the narration was perfect for this
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- Jennifer
- 01-06-2019
Brilliant!
Having always been fascinated by and eventually visiting Pompeii, this story is a fascinating perspective of imagination, primary and secondary sources. The descriptions and story line with a known outcome are entertaining.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-09-2023
Fabulous
Great history and story well worth listening to . Loved hearing about the Roman engineering and lives of the people
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- ivan lloyd
- 04-03-2023
A terrific story beautifully performed
I can’t remember a book so vividly described as this and so beautifully read. To describe a bursting volcano and the destruction of the cities and landscape is no mean feat, and characters also are well drawn. It’s a pity that Polanski wasn’t able to make the film.
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- A Descendant of Scotsmen
- 08-03-2018
Roman history, vulcanology, and a damned fine tale...
What’s not to like. Robert Harris’ Pompeii rates with Lindsey Davis’ Falco series from an insight into the Roman world. Great narrator- five stars!
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- Kenneth
- 03-06-2019
Not revisited, but re-enacted
With his usual accuracy of detail and skill in storytelling, Robert Harris has allowed us to enter into what was one of the most horrendous and mind-altering events of Roman history. People of our century know Pompeii as a faintly gruesome historic tourist destination; Harris peoples it with inhabitants like us. His use of scientific volcanic quotations and facts about water engineering is both fascinating and informative. Steven Pacey’s reading of the story is excellent.
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- book lover
- 12-09-2019
Great listen
A gripping story line that brings history to life. A great insight into the culture of the day.
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- Marita
- 26-08-2023
Top class
This is very solid historical fiction. Well researched and entertaining. I learned a lot more than I knew about volcanoes, and about Pompeii, even though I'd been there. eg. I had no idea that some people survived, or what actually happens in an eruption. I'll be reading more from this author.
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