The Complete Pompeii

by Joanne Berry

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“For a guide to Pompeii that focuses on the visuals, Joanne Berry’s The Complete Pompeii is a good choice. The book does cover the history, but does so in the context of illustrations.” Read more...

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The Complete Pompeii

by Joanne Berry

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

Histories by Herodotus

Augustine of Hippo by Peter Brown

The Annals by Tacitus

The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period by Amélie Kuhrt

The Last Days of Pompeii by E Bulwer Lytton

The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme

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Histories
by Herodotus

Augustine of Hippo
by Peter Brown

The Annals
by Tacitus

The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period
by Amélie Kuhrt

The Last Days of Pompeii
by E Bulwer Lytton

The Roman Revolution
by Ronald Syme