| The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny Contributor(s): Dunn, Daisy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1631496395 ISBN-13: 9781631496394 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers - Biography & Autobiography | Environmentalists & Naturalists |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2019032450 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" (1.36 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder's notebooks--filled with pearls of wisdom--and his legacy. At its heart, The Shadow of Vesuvius is a literary biography of the younger man, who would grow up to become a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, and chronicler of the Roman Empire from the dire days of terror under Emperor Domitian to the gentler times of Emperor Trajan. A biography that will appeal to lovers of Mary Beard books, it is also a moving narrative about the profound influence of a father figure on his adopted son. Interweaving the younger Pliny's Letters with extracts from the Elder's Natural History, Daisy Dunn paints a vivid, compellingly readable portrait of two of antiquity's greatest minds. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dunn, Daisy: - Daisy Dunn is a classicist, art historian, and cultural critic. She is the author of Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet and The Poems of Catullus: A New Translation. She lives in Surrey, England. |