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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: . DeissPublisher: Getty Trust Publications Imprint: J. Paul Getty Museum Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.546kg ISBN: 9780892361649ISBN 10: 0892361646 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 21 September 1989 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews<br>Praise for the first edition A fascinating book. The daily life of the Romans, rich and poor, has been wonderfully recreated. --Library Journal<p><br> Exciting reading...A spirited guide. --The New York Times<p><br> Praise for the first edition: ""A fascinating book. The daily life of the Romans, rich and poor, has been wonderfully recreated.""--Library Journal ""Exciting reading...A spirited guide.""--The New York Times In 79 A.D. Vesuvius blew its top. Pompeii was buried in ashes and nearby Herculaneum was submerged in mud which became rock-hard, thus preserving every detail of its life, from art and architecture to charred loaves of bread. The Vice-Director of the American Academy in Rome describes Herculaneum's history, catastrophe, and various early attempts to dig it out (chiefly through tunnelling), and then goes on to list the various finds. The subject is somewhat self-limiting: pages of descriptions, though indeed splendid, and accompanied by maps and photographs, tend to become as frustrating as reading a guidebook without being on the spot. The author's attempts to enliven the material with small guessed-at stories, sometimes treated as fact, are ill-advised. The subject, however, is awe-inspiring, as was the ancient Romans' notion of a modest vacation home, of which so many were examples remain to be here described. (Kirkus Reviews) Few historical events are as poignant as the eruption of Vesuvius in AD79 which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. Joseph Jay Deiss is an American enthusiast who describes the astonishing human record of this still partly unexcavated town; its inhabitants were caught unawares by the tragedy, leaving their homes and public buildings virtually intact under deep layers of volcanic detritus. Here those people appear in vivid detail: their names, their graffiti, their dinners left on the table, their cupboards and bedsteads, the abandoned child, the prisoner in his cell. I love it - but almost can't bear to read it. I must though, because this is the best of all ways to learn about the Roman world. It also makes you think seriously about how we value the past, and what we should do to preserve it. Review by Lindsey Davis, whose books include 'Two For the Lions' (Kirkus UK) Praise for the first edition: A fascinating book. The daily life of the Romans, rich and poor, has been wonderfully recreated. --Library Journal<br> Exciting reading...A spirited guide. --The New York Times<br> "Praise for the first edition: ""A fascinating book. The daily life of the Romans, rich and poor, has been wonderfully recreated.""--Library Journal""Exciting reading...A spirited guide.""--The New York Times" Author InformationJoseph Jay Deiss (1912-1999) was vice director of the American Academy in Rome and has written several historical novels and biographies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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