Kate Quinn
Author
Language
English
Description
Offered patronage by Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate, in 1906, Gemma, a silver-voiced soprano, and Suling, a Chinatown embroideress, when Henry disappears, along with the fabled Phoenix Crown, are brought together five years later in one last desperate quest for justice.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined novel following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts.
Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Some of its citizens died in
...Publisher
William Morrow & Co., an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An anthology of fictional accounts of the lives of people living in Pompeii on the day Mount Vesuvius erupts, including an heiress dreading her wedding day and an ex-legionary who bets it all on a gladiator bout that never happens.