The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny

by Daisy Dunn

Book Overview

When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder's notebooks--filled with pearls of wisdom--and his legacy. At its heart, The Shadow of Vesuvius is a literary biography of the younger man, who would grow up to become...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631496395
• ISBN13: 9781631496394
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"