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Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny The Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius

Pliny the Younger

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Barry Moser's extraordinarily detailed and evocative relief engravings decorate this translation of Pliny the Younger's two famous letters to Tacitus about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. The text includes a brief description of the eruption of the volcano, concise biographies of Tacitus and of both Plinys, and a summary of how the texts of the two letters have survived until today.

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Release: September 17, 2007

ISBN 13: 9780892369003

Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny The Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius

Pliny the Younger

0/5 ( ratings)

Barry Moser's extraordinarily detailed and evocative relief engravings decorate this translation of Pliny the Younger's two famous letters to Tacitus about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. The text includes a brief description of the eruption of the volcano, concise biographies of Tacitus and of both Plinys, and a summary of how the texts of the two letters have survived until today.

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Release: September 17, 2007

ISBN 13: 9780892369003

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