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Author Beard, Mary, 1955-

Title The fires of Vesuvius : Pompeii lost and found / Mary Beard.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2008]
©2008
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1323572~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  937.7256807 BEA    AVAILABLE
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Description 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index.
Contents Living in an old city -- Street life -- House and home -- Painting and decorating -- Earning a living : baker, banker and garum maker -- Who ran the city? -- The pleasures of the body : food, wine, sex and baths -- Fun and games -- A city full of gods.
Subject Pompeii (Extinct city)
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs.
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social conditions.
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Religious life and customs.
ISBN 9780674029767 (alk. paper)
0674029763 (alk. paper)
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