Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard - 07/16/2009

Profile Books, 2009-07-16. Paperback. Used: Good.

Profile Books Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Profile Books, 2009-07-16. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths. This book offers an insight into the workings of a Roman town.

Paperback / softback. New. Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths. This book offers an insight into the workings of a Roman town.

London: Profile, 2009. Card covers in tidy, used condition, a little creased on the spine and edges. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Profile Books Ltd, London, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Third impression . Size: 16mo (very small). 360 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. This book has been read and has marks or some creasing but remains in excellent condition.. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels, most likely… Read More