![]() Painstaking details on the lives of the lesser gladiatorsġ. Instead, I got a lot of details on how the upper-class people and gladiator slaves lived their lives, and not much more than that for the greater parts of the book.Ģ. Vesuvius explosion, I wanted explosions, fires, earthquakes, deaths. ![]() I am a morbid mofo, so when I sought out a book set in Pompeii at the time of the Mt. There are some pretty heartbreaking images. Buried and burned alive under a river of lava. Many of them died right there, holding their loved ones. The city and its inhabitants were caught mostly unaware. It's the site of a vast volcanic eruption that happened in 79 A.D. I don't think I'm alone in being fascinated by Pompeii. “I am being sold and used, and I don’t like it.” ![]() “I am not a poor little rich girl,” she shot back, frustration turning into anger. ![]()
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