{"product_id":"9781466860643","title":"Pompeii: The Living City","description":"\u003cp\u003e***Please note that this ebook does not contain the photo insert that appears in the print book.***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ash of Mt. Vesuvius preserves a living record of the complex and exhilarating society it instantly obliterated two thousand years ago. In this highly readable, lavishly illustrated book, Alex Butterworth and Ray Laurence marshal cutting-edge archaeological reconstructions and a vibrant historical tradition dating to Pliny and Tacitus; they present a richly textured portrait of a society not altogether unlike ours, composed of individuals ordinary and extraordinary who pursued commerce, politics, family and pleasure in the shadow of a killer volcano.  Deeply resonant in a world still at the mercy of natural disaster, \u003ci\u003ePompeii\u003c\/i\u003e recreates life as experienced in the city, and those frantic, awful hours in AD 79 that wiped the bustling city from the face of the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129841369328,"sku":"9781466860643","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466860643_p0.jpg?v=1769891567","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466860643","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}