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Robert Harris's Pompeii
The novelist explains how he draws parallels between contemporary times and Ancient Rome
The writer Robert Harris discusses his new novel Pompeii. Set shortly before the devastating eruption of Vesuvius, he explains how he draws parallels between contemporary times and Ancient Rome.
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