{"product_id":"9780008211127","title":"In the Shadow of Vesuvius : A Life of Pliny","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Never less than compelling ... She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life' Tom Holland, Literary Review\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Starts with an erupting volcano - and then gets more exciting ... Wonderfully rich, witty, insightful and wide-ranging' Sarah Bakewell\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In a dazzling, lively new literary biography, Daisy Dunn weaves together the lives of two Roman greats: Pliny the Elder, author of Natural History, and his nephew Pliny the Younger, who inherited his uncle's notebooks and intellectual legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Breathing vivid life back into the Plinys, Daisy Dunn charts the extraordinary lives of two outstanding minds and their lasting legacy on the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'A fascinating, compelling and excellent biography' \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Simon Sebag Montefiore\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Immensely entertaining and readable ... Thoroughly recommended'\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52929751318837,"sku":"EB_HI0800_I15-03_DUBAI","price":78.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9780008211127-1.jpg?v=1789398990","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/products\/9780008211127","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}