Sue Reid
Auteur de Pompeii: A Roman Girl's Diary, AD 78-79
Œuvres de Sue Reid
The issue of gentlemen : the fortunes of James Mills, James Henry Mills and their descendants (2020) 2 exemplaires
Online newspapers : getting the most out of the British Newspapers Archive (United Kingdom) (2018) 2 exemplaires
Family photograph album 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Membres
- 541
- Popularité
- #46,068
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 39
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 2
---
Claudia is a little Roman girl, who lives in Pompeii. She is constantly frightened at the great Vesuvius, the huge mountain that looms over the city. Is it just her that keeps on feeling those shaky tremors? Her father and mother take no notice, and her brothers Sextus and Marcus rely on what their old friend Gaius says, which is false. Nobody takes up any notice. Soon, Claudia gets so worried she begins to write a diary, where she can express her feelings to only the thin papyrus.
But then, half a year later, Vesuvius continues to shake. “Tremors in Pompeii are very common, Claudia, do not be so silly,” is all her father would say. Then the great mountain begins to spit little bits of solid rock, and great clouds issue from it. The little Roman girl is more and more scared.
Join her on her journey through the past as the gods decide what they shall do.… (plus d'informations)