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| Publisher | Back Bay Books |
| ISBN 13 | 9780316290630 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143134124 |
| Book Subtitle | A Novel |
| Book Description | 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 a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, and chronicler of the Roman Empire from the dire days of terror under Emperor Domitian to the gentler times of Emperor Trajan. A biography that will appeal to lovers of Mary Beard books, it is also a moving narrative about the profound influence of a father fig... |
| About the Author | Cecil Scott Forester, 1899 in Kairo geboren, wuchs in England auf und besuchte die Guy's Hospital Medical School, um Medizin zu studieren. Doch schon bald wandte er sich ganz der Schriftstellerei zu. 1926 erzielte er seinen ersten großen Erfolg. Horatio Hornblower macht er mit seinem elfbändigen Romanzyklus zum bekanntesten Seehelden aller Zeiten in der maritimen Literatur und wurde selbst weltberühmt. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg lebte der begnadete Erzähler in Kalifornien, wo er 1966 in Fullerton verstarb. |
| Language | English |
| Author | C S Forester |
| Publication Date | 36115 |
| Number of Pages | 272 |
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