Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections

Polyglot scientists and author Pellegrino continues his research into famous events of the past by applying forensic archaeology to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 and subsequent destruction of the thriving Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. He puts it into historical and geological context, and finds common features with the fall of the World Trade Center. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR