David Crane

The Elder, the better

In the Shadow of Vesuvius is a life of Pliny the Younger. But Dunn’s lively imagination and scatter-gun digressions are more in tune with his uncle’s

issue 15 June 2019

  • In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny

    Daisy Dunn

    William Collins, pp. 338

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