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POMPEYA (Best Seller)
Robert Harris

Plaza y Janes, 2006 - 320 pages

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Romans do not Suspect, yet the Vesuvius is going to Explode.

Plaza & Janes has some very popular pocket book collections as the present "Best Seller" or "Reno". It is a great fortune for low-budget Spanish-speaking readers to have access to popular novels thru this series.

Robert Harris (1957) is a successful English novelist. He started his writing career as a journalist, continued writing some non-fiction books till he wrote his first great success: "Fatherland" (1992) an alt-his novel exploring a world where Germany won WWII.
After writing some more noteworthy novels Harris has turned his attention to the fascinating world of Ancient Rome (one of my preferred themes) starting with "Pompeii" (2003) and more recently issuing the first volume of an intended trilogy about Cicero.

In order to write "Pompeii", Harris has done a good historical research that reflects all over the novel. Details about daily life, social organization, technical & building methods and transportation amongst other items are blended seamlessly into the main argument.
Does this mean that the book is boring? By no means, Harris is able to show all these features and at the same time construct an engaging story that will trap the reader.

The story is as follows: a young hydraulic engineer (aquarius for the Romans) is urgently sent from Rome to the Bay of Naples zone to investigate what's going on with the great aqueduct that services the whole area.

Pending his investigation Attilus will become embroiled into local political affairs, corruption is old as human society and, fortunately, young incorruptible people too.

At the same time as every reader knows Mount Vesuvius is going to violently explode erasing Pompeii and Herculaneum. This event is the real focus & prima donna of the story.

"Pompeii" is a short and very commendable historical novel that will be fully enjoyed by history buffs and general public too!

Reviewed by Max Yofre.



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Año 79 A.D.El joven ingeniero romano Marcus Attilius ha sido llamado al sur de Italia, a la bahía de Nápoles, para reparar el gran acueducto Aqua Augusta -que suministra agua a más de 250.000 personas en nueve ciudades-, tras la misteriosa desaparición del ingeniero responsable durante veinte años. El equipo de trabajadores encargados de la custodia del acueducto ?que atraviesa la región de Campania dominada por el monte Vesubio- lo tratan con desconfianza y recelo. Cuando el caudal de agua se ve de pronto interrumpido en la ciudad costera de Misenium, y Attilius detecta además presencia de sulfuro en las piscinas de cría de peces del millonario Ampliatus, convence al almirante de la flota romana ?Plinio el Viejo- que le suministre una nave veloz para ir a Pompeya, donde descubre que la fuente del problema se halla en un conducto del acueducto.

Una novela espectacular en la cual Harris despliega un escenario histórico impresionante, en el que combina una recreación histórica minuciosa, buena investigación en vulcanología, una escritura eficaz y que te atrapa, e intriga y acción a ritmo cinematográfico.




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