Vesuvius by Night by Lindsey Davis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I finally (!!) picked this up on Audible.com and am I glad I did.
If you are a follower of the Falco series, you should know at least one of the main characters. If you aren’t it won’t matter. The difference, at least for me, is that I remembered that person from when he was a lot younger, more nieve, and a bit adventurous. It mattered.
I’ve studied what happened at Pompeii a lot in the past couple of years, but I have to admit that there was a head-slap moment when I realized that there was more than one way out of town, and it did not involve the water. [ Insert head-slap.] Yeah, it just never occurred to me. The other point is that apparently the majority of people started leaving early on. Call it a memory of the earthquake that almost destroyed the town a few years before. Archeologists have found many buildings still under repair from that earthquake.
All that being said, this was a powerful piece that resonated long after I finished listening.
This one will stay with you a bit and I think you will recall it if/when you watch any Pompeii walkthrough tours.
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From The Reading Table: Vesuvius at Night
