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The Buried City of Pompeii

by Shelley Tanaka · 1997

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Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Genre
ancient worldancient worldMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of thisPompeiiPompeiiMore like thisLess of thisRomeRomeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 48 pages

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