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Vesuvius: The Most Famous Volcano in the World

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Emma Fielding reads the history of 'Vesuvius'. The volcano ensnares Bishop Berkeley, William Hamilton, Neapolitan nobility and the Grand Tourists of the eighteenth century. Show more

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