{"product_id":"9780008211127","title":"In the Shadow of Vesuvius : A Life of Pliny","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Dunn, Daisy \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eItaly\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 20 August 2020 by Harpercollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 30 | 328g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Never less than compelling … She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life’ Tom Holland, Literary Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Starts with an erupting volcano – and then gets more exciting … Wonderfully rich, witty, insightful and wide-ranging’ Sarah Bakewell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In a dazzling, lively new literary biography, Daisy Dunn weaves together the lives of two Roman greats: Pliny the Elder, author of Natural History, and his nephew Pliny the Younger, who inherited his uncle’s notebooks and intellectual legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Breathing vivid life back into the Plinys, Daisy Dunn charts the extraordinary lives of two outstanding minds and their lasting legacy on the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A fascinating, compelling and excellent biography’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Simon Sebag Montefiore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Immensely entertaining and readable … Thoroughly recommended’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55490635563394,"sku":"9780008211127","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780008211127.jpg?v=1753731323","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780008211127","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}