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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. It culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
The 1959 film The Last Days of Pompeii was the eighth cinematic version of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel of the same name. First published in 1834, the novel became a bestseller, helped on its release by the eruption of Vesuvius just before publication.
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
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 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.
- (632)
- 1984-05-06
- Action, Drama, History
- 310
A novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton about the final days of the ancient city of Pompeii before its destruction by Mount Vesuvius. The story follows the adventures of Glaucus, a Roman, and his love interests, Ione and Julia, as well as the evil priest of Isis, Arbaces.
The Last Days of Pompeii was a 19th century bestselling historical novel recommended to us by Cambridge classics professor and TV personality Mary Beard.
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