Pompeii

This book gives a description of the city Pompeii and the daily life of its citizens immediately before the eruption of Mount Vesuvious in AD 79 and an account of the calamity which abruptly ended the life of this prosperous town.

About the author

Ian Andrews teaches at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is also a media artist and theorist working with generative sound, video and text in installation formats. His areas of research interest include aesthetics, philosophy, poetry, sound, film theory, semio-linguistics and contemporary art.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Andrews
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 11 to 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.1978
• EAN: 9780521209731
• ISBN: 978-0-521-20973-1
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 216 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 110 g
• Series: Cambridge Introduction to World History
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, For secondary education, Educational: History, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Medieval