Pompeii

Excellent narrative with ample drawings of city life in this historic first century Roman city. After a recent visit and tour of Pompeii, I found this book filled in and amplified what we learned on our tour. Would recommend this book not only for the historical information but for the drawings of a typical Roman home, forum, marketplace, bath, amphitheater, restaurants, streets, and much more.

I own a lot of books on the subject and a lot of them are mainly text with a few pictures of actual objects here and there, so when I decided to build a miniature scale of an ancient roman home I knew I needed more visuals and especially reconstruction images. This book is perfect for that. It has basic descriptions on what, where and how for people looking to understand the basics on ancient roman life and lots of great drawings to illustrate the different sections. I recommend this book for children and adults alike since it is well organized, easy to understand and the visuals will help anyone get interested in the subject or add to an already knowledgeable audience.

This 77-page booklet has many photographs and drawings plus cut-aways of Pompeiian architecture. The author covers a lot of territory discussing the disaster of Vesuvius, discovery and excavation, streets and water supply, the people and their homes, public and private baths, commercial life (bakers, bars, taverns, etc.) and much more. The detail is amazing. Highly recommended.

Being an (adult)artist, I have found that children's books are far more informative when you're looking for new info. I've been reading alot about Pompeii and Herculaneum for a year, and Peter Connelly's book lit the fire. I have since purchased all of his other books when I can find them. The detail is fascinating and easy to understand; and the drawings are in great detail.