![]() ![]() ![]() Join her on her journey through the past as the gods decide what they shall do. ![]() The little Roman girl is more and more scared. Then the great mountain begins to spit little bits of solid rock, and great clouds issue from it. “Tremors in Pompeii are very common, Claudia, do not be so silly,” is all her father would say. Soon, Claudia gets so worried she begins to write a diary, where she can express her feelings to only the thin papyrus.īut then, half a year later, Vesuvius continues to shake. Is it just her that keeps on feeling those shaky tremors? Her father and mother take no notice, and her brothers Sextus and Marcus rely on what their old friend Gaius says, which is false. She is constantly frightened at the great Vesuvius, the huge mountain that looms over the city. It holds you in a firm grasp with the characters, and with this book, you can always rely on a new, more exotic date of the Romans.Ĭlaudia is a little Roman girl, who lives in Pompeii. Featuring Claudia and her brothers and slaves, and her lovely dog Pollux, and lastly Briton barbarian boy Aengus, this a great historic quick-read. ![]() This book, based on Vesuvius’ eruption in Pompeii, is a brilliant Roman diary from an old-fashioned past. ![]()
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