Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections

A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster.The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now palaeontologist Charles Pellegrino presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed towns – and brings to vivid life ...

By Charles R Pellegrino
Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (August 9, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060751002
ISBN-13: 978-0060751005
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 1.1 x 8 inches
Amazon Rank: 1247258
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Charles Pellegrino is one of my favorite authors of non-fiction and the entire book is as entertaining as it gets. The history of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in contrast with some of the other natural disasters, really outs in perspective our pla

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