{"product_id":"9781473658851","title":"Vesuvius by Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the late August of AD 79 the inhabitants of Pompeii and Herculaneum are going about their normal business in the late summer heat. Two of them have a room share arrangement: Nonius, scrounger, thief and failed pimp works by night and sleeps by day; Larius, the fresco painter with dreams of artistic greatness,  does the opposite.  When just after midday the summit of Vesuvius disappears in a vast volcanic ash cloud, their lives will change forever. While one sets about looting rapidly emptying homes the other desperately tries to save his family from destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLindsey Davis brings alive one the greatest catastrophes in human history in this gripping novella, poignantly evoking the struggle for life in the cities beneath the volcano.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144374796528,"sku":"9781473658851","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473658851_p0.jpg?v=1763602632","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473658851","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}