# Pompeii

- **Author:** Robert Harris
- **Read:** April 2004
- **Topic:** Science Fiction & Fiction
- **Published:** 2003
- **Pages:** 368
- **Picked by:** Brad
- **ISBN-13:** 9780345475671
- **Open Library:** https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4297223W
- **Cover:** https://rwbookclub.com/assets/images/covers/pompeii-486.jpg
- **Canonical page:** https://rwbookclub.com/books/pompeii/

## Synopsis

Historical fiction about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD from the perspective of Marcus Attilius, an *aquarius* (hydraulic engineer) responsible for Aqua Augusta, the regional aqueduct.