The Fires of Vesuvius  (English, CD-Audio, Beard Mary)

Being a student, its very hard to find a detailed research book on a city that was destroyed near the death of Christ but when I picked this book to complete my research upon Pompeii, I finally found a decent book that had a detailed study about Pompeii and most important of all had a rich and lucrative language with various excerpts from the letters of Pliny. Overall, the book is very, very good for someone who wants to know/is researching/ reading about Pompeii, Herculaneum, Pliny's letter...