A review by heatherday916
The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny by Daisy Dunn

4.0

And interesting book but took me forever to get through. Kept losing interest, perhaps because the author clearly assumes the reader has an understanding of the history of the time. I don’t have a strong understanding, which is one of the things that drew me to this book - the desire to learn more about something about which I knew very little. I did learn, but was frequently having to re-read or reference other materials to learn about the times or other people referenced. But I did learn, and the book was well written and engaging. It would have been helpful to have the timeline printed at the end of the book in the beginning instead. But I’m nitpicking now.