Summary
Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Full description
Series: I was there books
Discovering the Iceman: what was it like to find a 5,300-year-old mummy?
On board the Titanic: what it was like when the great liner sank
The buried city of Pompeii: what it was like when Vesuvius exploded
First on the moon: what it was like when man landed on the moon
Secrets of the mummies: uncovering the bodies of ancient Egyptians
Graveyards of the dinosaurs: what it's like to discover prehistoric creatures
Lost temple of the Aztecs: what it was like when the Spaniards invaded Mexico