AD79 the destruction of Pompeii / Roger Canavan ; illustrated by Damian Zain.

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Title:

Author:

Canavan, Roger, author.

Zain, Damián, illustrator.

ISBN:

9781913971144

Physical Description:

128 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 19 cm.

Series:

Adventures in the real world

Adventures in the real world (Book House (Brighton, England))

General Note:

Includes index

Abstract:

This title in the Adventures in the Real World series provides an in-depth, fast-paced account of ancient Roman history, using a mix of easy-to-read text, fact boxes providing historical context, and comic strips dramatizing significant episodes in the journey. The Destruction of Pompeii explores the famous Roman town of Pompeii in the years before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the timeline of its destruction, and its subsequent rediscovery hundreds of years later. The story is recounted by the plaster casts of a dog and a horse, two victims of the eruption in Pompeii, adding an element of irreverent humor to the retelling.

Geographic Term:

Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Juvenile literature.

Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79 -- Juvenile literature.

Pompéi (Ville ancienne) -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.

Vésuve (Italie) -- Éruption, 79 -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.

Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city) (OCoLC)fst01896973

Italy -- Vesuvius. (OCoLC)fst01242341

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637

Added Author:

Zain, Damián,

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Summary

This title in the Adventures in the Real World series provides an in-depth, fast-paced account of ancient Roman history, using a mix of easy-to-read text, fact boxes providing historical context, and comic strips dramatizing significant episodes in the journey.

The Destruction of Pompeii explores the famous Roman town of Pompeii in the years before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the timeline of its destruction, and its subsequent rediscovery hundreds of years later. The story is recounted by the plaster casts of a dog and a horse, two victims of the eruption in Pompeii, adding an element of irreverent humor to the retelling.