Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard

Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town

Mary Beard

368 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history informative tense medium-paced
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'This marvellous book won the Wolfson History Prize and is a model of subtle but accessible writing about the past' Judith Rice, Guardian'Classicist Mary Beard has had a great time rooting about that ghostly place and she has brought it quite sple...

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Moods

informative 97%
reflective 24%
funny 14%
inspiring 9%
lighthearted 9%
challenging 7%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

medium 68%
slow 28%
fast 2%

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