Daisy Dunn

The Shadow of Vesuvius

A Life of Pliny

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781631496394
• ISBN-10: 1631496395
• Artikelnr.: 55389697

Autorenporträt

Daisy Dunn is an award-winning author, classicist, and cultural critic based in London. She is a leading authority in her field and a regular commentator and columnist, writing for The Spectator, the Daily Telegraph, and Literary Review.