LOU P. (MizLoo) reviewed on 1/2/2010 + 12 more book reviews

This novel about an engineer sent out from Rome to check out problems on the Augustan aqueduct was a real nail-biter All the way through, you know that Vesuvius will blow and feel sure the main (somewhat cardboard) characters will survive, but the pace is thrilling, The look at Rome through the eyes of a scientist and an engineer is totally un-hackneyed. I couldn't put it down - in fact it was a borrowed book & I eventually had to track down a copy to own.

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