Vesuvius: The most famous volcano in the world (Wonders of the World) by Gillian Darley & Reader Nathan Osgood
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4 May 2011 | ISBN n/a | Language English | MPEG 1.0 Layer 3 - 128 kbps mp3 – 44 khz - Joint Stereo | 67 MB
Now a Radio 4 Book of the Week, to be aired from 16th May. Vesuvius, nestled over the Bay of Naples, is (still) the most famous volcano in the world. There have been nearly thirty major eruptions since AD 79, but none has matched the cataclysm of the eruption which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum within hours. Since then Vesuvius has been speculated upon, feared, and celebrated by writers and artists and hordes of visitors. It is unquestionably a Wonder of the World…