by Edward Bulwer Lytton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478890828
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«Los últimos días de Pompeya» is the historical novel by Edward Bulwer Lytton, published by P.P.P. Ediciones in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in Roman Pompeii shortly before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. The plot interweaves the lives of Glaucus, a young Athenian; Ione, a Greek woman; Arbaces, an Egyptian priest; and Nydia, a blind slave, in a story of loves, intrigues and social differences that leads to the destruction of the city.
The cover indicates «Juvenil P.P.P.» and number 46, with a color illustration; the edition consists of 208 pages in Spanish.
Aimed at a young audience, it is also suitable for anyone wishing to approach the classics of historical narrative set in Antiquity.
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.
