Download or read book Whispers from Pompeii written by Lorraine Blundell and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COLORFUL CHARACTERS TUMBLE FROM THE PAGES AS POMPEII LIVES AGAIN. A.D. 59. Nero, a corrupt and narcissistic sadist rules the Roman Empire. Eventually, tired of the Emperor's determination to destroy the social and political fabric of Roman life, a group of senators, praetorians and courtiers conspire to assassinate him. Pompeii is a city of secrets with a reputation for wealth, leisure and the good life. Culturally rich and oozing energy, it exudes a zest for living unmatched by Rome's cold, corrupt magnificence. Murder and revenge will fuel support for the conspiracy, from those Pompeians with every reason to despise Nero. And Pompeii hides another secret. What is the mystery of the villa with the room of the crimson frescoes? Rome's Empress, Poppaea, born in Pompeii, struggles to cope with Nero's madness, her political ambitions, and her longing for a glamorous lover hidden in a villa in nearby Oplontis. Through the novel's pages walks Praxus, a praetorian guard. His inner struggle between decency and his oath to a murderous Emperor, represents the core of goodness that remains inherent in Roman society.
Download or read book Whispers from Pompeii written by Lorraine Blundell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COLORFUL CHARACTERS TUMBLE FROM THE PAGES AS POMPEII LIVES AGAIN. A.D. 59. Nero, a corrupt and narcissistic sadist rules the Roman Empire. Eventually, tired of the Emperors determination to destroy the social and political fabric of Roman life, a group of senators, praetorians and courtiers conspire to assassinate him. Pompeii is a city of secrets with a reputation for wealth, leisure and the good life. Culturally rich and oozing energy, it exudes a zest for living unmatched by Romes cold, corrupt magnificence. Murder and revenge will fuel support for the conspiracy, from those Pompeians with every reason to despise Nero. And Pompeii hides another secret. What is the mystery of the villa with the room of the crimson frescoes? Romes Empress, Poppaea, born in Pompeii, struggles to cope with Neros madness, her political ambitions, and her longing for a glamorous lover hidden in a villa in nearby Oplontis. Through the novels pages walks Praxus, a praetorian guard. His inner struggle between decency and his oath to a murderous Emperor, represents the core of goodness that remains inherent in Roman society.
Download or read book Whispers of the Mountain written by StoryBuddiesPlay and published by StoryBuddiesPlay. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, the vibrant city of Pompeii thrives, blissfully unaware of the fiery slumbering giant beneath. Marcus, a stoic Roman soldier, and Anya, a dreamer attuned to the whispers of the mountain, find their lives intertwined as tremors and unsettling omens begin to plague the city. Anya's warnings of an impending eruption fall on deaf ears, dismissed by Roman officials blinded by arrogance. As the tremors intensify and the whispers of the mountain grow louder, Marcus grapples with his loyalty to Rome and his growing love for Anya. Torn between duty and a burgeoning belief in Anya's visions, he embarks on a desperate mission to convince the authorities of the looming disaster. Their fight for survival takes them on a thrilling journey as they race against time to warn the city and prepare for the inevitable. But will their voices be heard before the fury of Vesuvius unleashes its wrath? Will they be able to escape the fiery river of molten rock and the rain of ash that threatens to engulf Pompeii? Pompeii's whispers is a captivating tale of love, survival, and the enduring power of nature. It explores themes of loyalty, the fight against bureaucracy, and the importance of heeding warnings, even when they are deemed fantastical. Set against the backdrop of a historical disaster, this novel offers a heart-wrenching story of resilience and the enduring strength of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable destruction. Experience the tremors, feel the ash rain down, and witness the love story that blossoms amidst the impending doom. Will Marcus and Anya escape the wrath of Vesuvius? Dive into Pompeii's Whispers and discover the fight for survival in the shadow of a volcano.
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1966-03-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Download or read book COLOSSEUM written by Lorraine Blundell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-06-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER GOLD AWARD Literary Titan ONE EMPEROR’S DREAM. ONE GLADIATOR’S JUSTICE Discover the secret of Nero’s spectacular Domus Aurea golden palace, only now being revealed. What is its connection to the Colosseum? And what is its link with the vibrant city of Pompeii, its gladiators and its total destruction caused by the eruption of Vesuvius? The amphitheatre has its own secrets even more spectacular. 79 AD. In the reign of Vespasian in the very heart of Rome, a huge amphitheatre rose that would awe the empire. It became known as the Colosseum. Born from the extravagance of the Domus Aurea in Nero’s reign and the Great Fire of Rome, its construction was paid for by spoils won in the Judaean war. Over the years, the blood of thousands seeped into the arena’s sand. And the people loved it! This was the time of the gladiators as seen through the eyes of Famullus, Rome’s most famous fresco painter. Quintus, a young man born free in Rome sharpens his skills as a Retiarius by fighting in arenas such as Pompeii, becoming caught up in the eruption of Vesuvius. Haunted by his mother’s murder years before, he is determined to find the killer and take a life for a life. He finds himself in the inaugural Games of Rome’s deadly Colosseum where he must fight for survival and the woman who loves him. Executions, classical re-enactments, beast attacks, gladiatrices and staged naval battles are held within the arena and the crowd is ecstatic. The Colosseum has it all. Beautifully crafted and soundly historically detailed, this is a gripping novel about retribution, love and bravery.
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Lorraine Blundell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-09-07 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadly secrets and fatal decisions, Marie Antoinette thought she took her secrets to the grave. She was wrong. Was Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, executed during the French Revolution for her worst crime or was there another that would have shaken the very foundations of the monarchy if it had become known? What was it? Colourful characters that filled Marie’s life spill from the novel’s pages. The royal perfumer, candle-maker, hairdresser, fashion stylist, painter, jeweller and even her pastry maker were all part of an extravagant, indulgent lifestyle. Go with her from Austria to the stunning royal estate of Versailles with the fairy-tale Trianon. Continue on to the filthy degradation of the prisons of revolutionary Paris and the faded glory of the Tuileries Palace, and share the lives, hopes and fears of real prisoners awaiting death in the feared Conciergerie. In the shadow of the guillotine stand other actors in this drama, Madame Tussaud maker of death masks, Charlotte Corday the Angel of Death, Marat, Robespierre and more. The gruesome tricoteuses knit as the heads drop and Sanson operates his Lady Guillotine. Discover the disgust of the stinking, overflowing graveyards and burial quarry which have now become part of the catacombs of Paris.
Download or read book The Distant Whisper written by Kenneth C. Cancellara and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his first novel, Finding Marco, author Ken Cancellara describes how, after years of corporate activity, the novels protagonist (Mark Gentile) has a personal awakening in realizing that his ambition for material success has overshadowed his need for happiness and a life of ethics and morality. Sun-drenched memories of life as it once was in Gentiles hometown of Acerenza, Italy call him back to reconnect with his roots and with the simple life he had left behind a half century earlier. In Acerenza, Gentile took the lessons given to him, as a child, by his grandfather that what matters in life is ethical behaviour without expecting anything in return. In his poetic and eloquent sequel , The Distant Whisper, the author continues to quell the turbulence in his soul caused by the continuing struggle between the two competing forces of raw ambition and the need for a life framed by morality. He takes the reader through an odyssey of beautiful descriptions of the Italian countryside in the Amalfi coast and of the Southern Italians who inhabit that beautiful corner of the world. While continuing to bask in this indescribable beauty, the protagonist is being slowly pulled back by a distant whisper to the corporate life he had left behind in North America to pull the corporation he had left behind back from the brink. Cancellaras recounting of the corporate manoeuvres to save the company could only have been described so realistically by a person who had had hands-on experience as a business attorney and as an executive for many years. But will Mark Gentiles soul finally find peace in the end? Will he return permanently to his place a birththe place where he had his epiphany or remain in his adopted homeland of Canada? The novels running theme is finding a balance between societally-imposed ambitions and a more reflective way of life. It is the internal struggle that society will be facing more as our younger generations become disillusioned with the pressures of maintaining career obligations and our aging populations as they enter the more mature and reflective periods in their lives.
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1966-03-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Download or read book The Last Daze of Pompeii An Antiquarian Muddle in Five Scenes and in Verse written by J. W. Hogo Hunt (pseud. [i.e. John William Houghton].) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Days of Pompeii written by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pompeii s Ghosts written by J. Robert Kennedy and published by J. Robert Kennedy. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★★★★★ FROM AWARD WINNING USA TODAY & MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY ★★★★★ POMPEII IS ABOUT TO CLAIM ITS FINAL VICTIMS—TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER! Two thousand years ago, Roman Emperor Vespasian tries to preserve an empire by hiding a massive treasure in the quiet town of Pompeii should someone challenge his throne. Unbeknownst to him, nature is about to unleash its wrath upon the Empire, during which the best and worst of Rome’s citizens will be revealed during a time when duty and honor were more than words, they were ideals worth dying for. Archaeology Professor James Acton has just arrived in Egypt to visit his fiancée at her dig site, when a United Nations helicopter arrives carrying representatives with an urgent demand that they come to Eritrea to authenticate an odd find that threatens to start a war—an ancient Roman vessel with over one billion dollars of gold in its hold. It is a massive amount of wealth found in the world’s poorest region, and everyone wants it. Nobody can be trusted, not even closest friends or even family. Greed, lust, and heroism are the orders of the day, as the citizens of Pompeii try to survive nature’s fury, and James Acton tries to survive man’s greed while risking his life to protect those around him. USA Today and million copy bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy delivers the historical drama and modern day action in Pompeii's Ghosts his fans have come to expect. Pompeii’s Ghosts opens with a shocker that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the thrilling conclusion in a story torn from today’s headlines. If you enjoy fast-paced adventures in the style of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, and James Rollins, then you’ll love this adrenaline-fueled tale of archaeological intrigue. Grab your copy today, and relive the horror of Pompeii! About the James Acton Thrillers: ★★★★★ "James Acton: A little bit of Jack Bauer and Indiana Jones!" Though this book is part of the James Acton Thrillers series, it is written as a standalone novel and can be enjoyed without having read any of the previous installments. ★★★★★ “Non-stop action that is impossible to put down.” The James Acton Thrillers series and its spin-offs, the Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers and the Delta Force Unleashed Thrillers, have sold over one million copies. If you love non-stop action and intrigue with a healthy dose of humor, try James Acton today! ★★★★★ “A great blend of history and current headlines.” USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy’s novels are ideal for fans of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, James Rollins, Tom Clancy, and James Patterson, and those who enjoy intense action and intrigue with a healthy dose of humor and a touch of romance. Readers interested in action adventure, archaeological mysteries, historical fiction, men’s adventure, conspiracies and ancient mysteries, will love the James Acton Thrillers. If spies and espionage is your thing, then check out the CIA Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers for riveting tradecraft action. And for those who prefer the team approach and Special Forces, check out the Delta Force Unleashed series for exciting military thrills. Or maybe you just feel like a mystery? Check out the Detective Shakespeare Mysteries for dark, intense psychological thrillers. Into the Templars? Then the Templar Detective Thrillers are for you!
Download or read book Strength and Honor written by R. M. Meluch and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain John Farragut and the crew of the U.S.S. Merrimack face their greatest challenge as Caesar Romulus declares war on the United States of America with a direct attack on Earth. The Merrimack retaliates with an assault on the Roman capital world of Palatine, and in the midst of the chaos, the Hive descends on Earth. With the battle raging, Farragut finds himself in the middle of a final deadly showdown.
Download or read book The Last Days of Pompeii written by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pompeii written by Lorraine Blundell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: POMPEII: DEATH COMES CALLING 'They said there were ghosts here' 79 A.D. Painters, perfumers, prostitutes and priestesses Pompeii has them all and more. Life for some is noisy, colourful and sometimes deadly dangerous. For others, it is filled with luxury, affluence and the fulfilment of their every desire. Flavia, the arrogant and beautiful daughter of wealthy parents schemes to avoid an arranged marriage. Vinicius, a vicious, paid killer roams the city streets by night murdering while its citizens sleep. Aelianus, a young slave far from home is sold in the marketplace to Pompeii's gladiator lanista. Aurelia, Pompeii's first female career fresco painter feuds with a jealous male competitor. Isidora, jilted by her lover in Egypt, arrives in Pompeii to reunite with her brother. Senator Lucius Diomedes, grieving for his dead wife, seeks meaning from life. Their destinies become intertwined in a deadly dance as a mountain of fire changes everything forever in a cruel lottery of life or death. What happens afterwards to those who escape will be beyond anything they could ever imagine.
Download or read book Escape from Pompeii written by Terry Collins and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Isabel Soto as she explores the ancient city of Pompeii"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book History and Life Teacher s annotated ed written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
