Vesuvius
By: Gillian Darley
Series: Wonders of the world
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780674052857
Subjects: Volcanism; History
Description: "This cultural and scientific meditation on a powerful natural wonder touches on pagan religious beliefs, vulcanology, and travel writing."
Notes: Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early days; title: Miracle or science?; title: William Hamilton : made by Vesuvius; title: Romantics; title: Making Vesuvius; title: Real geology, new focus; title: Vesuvius and the wider world; title: Visiting Vesuvius at home and abroad.