Ashen Sky - The Letters of Pliny the Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius

Pliny the Younger (C61-112AD) was a Roman official and writer. He has become famous for his two letters to the historian Tacitus, which detail his eye-witness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. This title presents readers with a translation of Pliny's letters, accompanied by black-and-white engravings by artist Barry Moser.