The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny
By Daisy Dunn
Nota read by Daisy Dunn
Read by Mike Grady
Unabridged
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3 Formats: Library CD
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$34.95
ISBN: 9781094021164
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ISBN: 9781094021157
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ISBN: 9781094021171
Runtime: | 8.56 Hours |
Category: | Nonfiction/Biography |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in History of Italy
A Booklist Pick of Books That Will Transport Listeners through Time
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 figure on his adopted son. Interweaving the younger Pliny’s Letters with extracts from the Elder’s Natural History, Daisy Dunn paints a vivid, compellingly readable portrait of two of antiquity’s greatest minds.
Editorial Reviews
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Available Formats : | Retail CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
Category: | Nonfiction/Biography |
Runtime: | 8.56 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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