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The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel was inspired by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. [1] It culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
The Last Days of Pompeii (Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) is a 1959 Eastmancolor sword and sandal action film starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, and Fernando Rey and directed by Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone.
In 1834 Bulwer-Lytton published The Last Days of Pompeii, a potboiler about the days leading up the August 14, 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He has a network of characters, heroes and villains, that get into tight spots, but all goes poof when the mountain erupts and the town is buried in ash.
- (2.4K)
- 1834
- Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
- Paperback
A sword and sandal adventure film based on the novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Steve Reeves plays a centurion who returns to Pompeii to find his father murdered and uncovers a conspiracy involving Christians and the ruling class.
- (1.3K)
- Action, Adventure, History
- Mario Bonnard
- 1960-07-17
Feb 19, 2006 · A historical fiction novel by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, set in the ancient city of Pompeii before and during its destruction by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Download or read online for free in various formats.
- Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
- Produced by John T. Horner and David Widger
- 1834
- English
A historical drama based on Edward George Bulwer-Lytton's novel, depicting the lives of various characters in Pompeii before and during the eruption of Vesuvius. Starring Ned Beatty, Brian Blessed, Ernest Borgnine, Laurence Olivier and more.
The Last Days of Pompeii was a 19th century bestselling historical novel recommended to us by Cambridge classics professor and TV personality Mary Beard. “What you get is a fantastic reconstruction of the ancient world,” she says in her interview on books about ancient history in modern life .
