Shecter, Vicky,

Curses and smoke : a novel of Pompeii / Vicky Alvear Shecter. - First edition. - 327 pages ; 21cm.

Tagus is a medical slave who wants be a gladiator, Lucia is the daughter of Tag's owner and betrothed to an older man, and the two teenagers are in love with each other--but it is the year 79 and soon Vesuvius will alter their lives forever.

ISBN: 9780545791793 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2013029143

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slaves--Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city)--Fiction.
Volcanoes--Fiction.
Gladiators--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Vesuvius (Italy)--Eruption, 79--Fiction.
Pompeii (Extinct city)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Love stories.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.S53822

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]