Pompeii
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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 destr...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af Pompeii From The Sunday Times Bestselling Author af Robert Harris
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. ***PRE-ORDER THE SPECIAL COLLECTOR''s EDITION of PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW. PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024, AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE STOCK LASTS and EXCLUSIVE TO THE FIRST PRINT RUN***''A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece'' Sunday Times''A stunning novel . . . the subtlety and power of its construction holds our attention to the end'' The TimesDuring 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.''As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history'' Daily Telegraph
Detaljer
Forlag
Arrow Books Ltd
ISBN
9780099527947
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
416
Udgivelsesdato
01-10-2009
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
2010577
EAN nr.
9780099527947
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
27
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
129
Vægt (g)
290