The Fires of Vesuvius
by Mary Beard
360 pages· 2010· ISBN 9780674045866
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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.
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