Pompeii: From the bestselling author of Conclave

Name: Pompeii: From the bestselling author of Conclave
Rating: 4.539999961853027 (50 reviews)

Robert Harris

Sep 2010 · Random House

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**ROBERT HARRIS RETURNS TO ANCIENT ROME IN AGRIPPA -- OUT NOW**

A CORRUPT WORLD ON THE BRINK OF A TERRIFYING DISASTER.

'A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece' SUNDAY TIMES
'A stunning novel . . . holds your attention to the end' THE TIMES

During a sweltering week in late August, as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow . . .

Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction.

'As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history' DAILY TELEGRAPH

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**ROBERT HARRIS RETURNS TO ANCIENT ROME IN AGRIPPA -- OUT NOW** A CORRUPT WORLD ON THE BRINK OF A TERRIFYING DISASTER. 'A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece' SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning novel . . . holds your attention to the end' THE TIMES During a sweltering week in late August, as Rome's richest cit...

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50 reviews

A Google user

October 1, 2012

I read this during a visit to pompeii and it brought to life the visit well. The facts seem well researched, and there is enough plot to keep you reading.

Adrian Campbell

August 31, 2026

Cinematic and historical of course, but also emotional, insightful, heroic, and well-paced.

Robert Allan

July 3, 2015

I just couldn't put this down it was so good.

About the author

Robert Harris is the author of sixteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2, Act of Oblivion and Precipice. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

Robert Harris is the author of sixteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich...

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