Pompeii, AD 79: Vesuvius is about to erupt. The Department of Historical Accuracy needs a History Spy with nerves of steel to find out what the city was really like . . .

Your mission: find out what happened at a gladiator battle, what went on at the luxurious banquets, and why everyone in Pompeii was so smelly! Finally, witness the eruption that buried the city for 2,000 years.

Join top History Spy Charlie Cartwright in his adventures as he travels through space and time, dodging bombs, dinosaurs and erupting volcanoes.

This book is part of a book series called History Spies .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Pan Macmillan .

Scoular Anderson is a popular author/illustrator whose previous books on our list include the very successful MY FIRST JOKE BOOK. He lives in Argyll, Scotland. Jo Foster studied history at the University of Cambridge and then worked for several yearson TV history documentaries as a researcher and assistant producer. She is the author of the History Spies series. Jo lives in Winchester with her family.