by Edward Bulwer-Lytton · Hachette · tapa dura · ISBN 9782010090165
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«Les derniers jours de Pompéi» is the historical novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, published by Hachette in hardcover (190 pages, in French).
The novel is set in first-century Pompeii, on the eve of the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius. Through a group of characters, Bulwer-Lytton recreates the daily life, passions and conflicts of a society on the brink of destruction, combining human drama, adventure and historical detail.
This 1983 edition belongs to Hachette's Idéal-Bibliothèque collection. The illustrated cover shows a Roman couple fleeing the eruption of Vesuvius.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, GCMG, PC was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, as which he selected Richard Clement Moody to found British Columbia. He was created Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866.
