Vesuvius

Description:

A history of the world's most famous volcano, looming above the Bay of Naples: highlights include the eruption of 79 which buried Pompeii and that of 1944 as the Allies occupied Naples; the mythology of the ancients and the theories of early and scientific vulcanology; the visits of Goethe, Shelley and Mark Twain, and the researches of Emma Hamilton's husband.

subjects: Volcanism,  History,  Italy, history

Places: Italy,  Vesuvius,  Vesuvius (Italy)