Los últimos días de Pompeya

Glaucus is a Roman nobleman in love with the beautiful Julia, the daughter of a rival patrician. Through their relationship, the novel explores life in Pompeii before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the catastrophe that would destroy the city and forever alter the lives of its inhabitants. It was one of the first historical novels to combine a realistic approach with romantic and tragic drama, creating a formula that would influence many later works. For decades it was one of the most highly recommended and widely read adventure novels, though it has been largely forgotten for years.