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Key ideas from the book
- The novel presents Roman society through its engineering, politics, and public institutions.
- The Aqua Augusta provides a detailed setting for a crisis involving water supply and infrastructure.
- The approaching eruption of Mount Vesuvius creates a historical backdrop of mounting danger.
- The story connects individual investigation with wider events in the Roman world.
- Readers gain an accessible entry point into the history of Pompeii and the Bay of Naples in AD 79.
About Pompeii by Robert Harris
Set in the days before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, Pompeii is a historical novel grounded in the engineering, politics, and social tensions of the Roman world. Its central crisis begins with a failure in the Aqua Augusta, the vital aqueduct serving the Bay of Naples.
Robert Harris combines the investigation of a public infrastructure disaster with the growing threat posed by the volcano. The novel will appeal to readers who enjoy historically researched fiction, Roman history, political intrigue, and stories shaped by real natural catastrophes.
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