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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. [1] It culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
The Last Days of Pompeii ( Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) is a 1959 Eastmancolor sword and sandal action film starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, and Fernando Rey and directed by Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone. Bonnard, the original director, fell ill on the first day of shooting, so Leone and the scriptwriters finished the film.
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.
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- 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.
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- 1834
- Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
- Paperback
Box office. $980,000 [2] 1935 half-sheet poster. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) is an RKO Radio Pictures film starring Preston Foster and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, [1] creators of the original King Kong. Although inspired by the novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the film has nothing to do with the book.
A 19th century historical novel by E Bulwer Lytton that depicts the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the fate of its inhabitants. Read recommendations from a journalist, a classicist and other experts on this classic Pompeii disaster story.
Feb 19, 2006 · A historical fiction novel by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, set in the ancient city of Pompeii before and during its destruction by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Download or read online for free in various formats.
