The shadow of Vesuvius
By: Eilís Dillon.
Publisher: Faber
Published: 1978
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Slavery -- Rome -- Fiction.; Rome -- Fiction.; Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Fiction.
Description: A Greek slave of a Roman artisan plans his escape from the city of Pompeii amid ominous signs of the approaching eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.