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ATIA

Interior book illustration for Robert Harris' historical fiction POMPEII published by the Folio Society. This masterful thriller transports you to the last days of Pompeii, as Mount Vesuvius shakes the very foundations of the Roman Empire.​ "And then a whisper in the darkness, so low he almost missed it: “Gone.” A woman’s voice. It came from somewhere to his left. He stepped back from the gate and peered into the shadows. He could make out nothing except a small mound of rags piled in a drift against the wall. He moved closer and saw that the shreds of cloth were moving slightly. A skinny foot protruded, like a bone." (Page 61)

Tunnel Trouble

Interior book illustration for Robert Harris' historical fiction POMPEII published by the Folio Society. This masterful thriller transports you to the last days of Pompeii, as Mount Vesuvius shakes the very foundations of the Roman Empire.​ “He hurtled underwater very fast—on his back, headfirst—swept along the tunnel, scrabbling for a purchase on the smooth cement render of the matrix, but there was nothing he could grip. The surging current rolled him, flipped him over onto his stomach, and he felt a flash of pain as the rope snapped tight beneath his ribs, folding him and jerking him upward, grazing his back against the roof. For a moment he thought he was saved, only for the rope to go slack again and for him to plunge to the bottom of the tunnel, the current sweeping him on—on like a leaf in a gutter—on into the darkness.” (Page 167)