Pompeii Awakened : A Story of Rediscovery
London : I.B.Tauris, 2007. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420683
ISBN: 1845112415
Physical description; xi, 308 p., [8] p. of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Contents; Introduction -- 1. The Plutocrats of Pompeii -- 2. Tunnels -- 3. Papyrus -- 4. Dynasty, Neapolitan Style -- 5.The Moon and Crabs -- 6. Vulcanology -- 7. Dirty and Other Pictures -- 8. Running from Revolution -- 9. Napolean's Family Affair -- 10. A Dark and Stormy Marriage -- 11. Rebels Among the Ruins -- 12. Victorians in Togas -- 13. "M" is for Mussolini -- 14. The Library at the End of the Tunnel -- Epilogue: Lost Again. Subjects; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city). Ancient Rome. History & Archaeology.
Price: €18.95