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Pompeii

Auteur(s): Robert Harris
Narrateur(s): Steven Pacey
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During a sweltering week in late August, as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow . . .

Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction.

'A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece' Sunday Times
'Stunning . . . its subtlety and power holds your attention to the end' The Times
'As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history' Daily Telegraph

© Robert Harris 2003 (P) Penguin Audio 2014

 Historique Fiction

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Harris is a writer of integrity who does not seek refuge in postmodernist nonsense...He knows how to tell a story and achieves page-turningreadability without effort.
Explosive stuff, indeed - and, yes, it goes with a bang.
The depth of research in this book is staggering...Pompeii is indeed a blazing blockbuster.
It is hard to imagine a more thorough-goingly enjoyable thriller read
Harris had me imaginatively surrounded. I am lost in admiration at his energy and skill
Since The Usual Suspects, novels and movies have become obsessed with the trick ending but .Insolently resisting this trend Harris has brought off a known-ending story
A sophisticated thriller that takes in its stride the conventions of the historical novel, Pompeii deserves the place it will undoubtedly have at the top of the bestseller list.
Blazingly exciting... Harris, as Vesuvius explodes, gives full vent to his genius for thrilling narrative... pulse-rate-speeding masterpieces of suffocating suspense and searing action
Robert Harris's Pompeii is his best yet: as explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history - Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Books of the Year'
Breakneck pace, constant jeopardy and subtle twists of plot... a blazing blockbuster
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A good read. Though based on historical events, the story telling of Harris adds a dimension through the use of characters both fictitious and real. I found Pompeii to be a well balanced story that mixes character development through a historical event with scientifically grouded fact. You can't help but become invested. Recommded.

Entertaining

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Robert Harris is a prolific and highly skilled writer of historical fiction. POMPEII is especially interesting due to the inclusion of volcanic science and its application to the eruption of Vesuvius. This fictionalized description of the destruction of a sophisticated, wealthy, cultured and corrupt, ancient Roman society, and its population, provides a fascinating and alternative picture of a profound historical event. #Audible1

Evocative and An Education

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