Island on Fire: The extraordinary story of Laki, the volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark - Rilegato

Witze, Alexandra; Kanipe, Jeff

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ISBN 10: 1781250049 ISBN 13: 9781781250044

Casa editrice: Profile Books Ltd, 2014

Riassunto

The eruption of Laki is one of history's great untold natural disasters. The eruption, spewing out a poisionous fog, lasted for eight months, but its effects lingered across Europe for years, causing the death of people as far away as the Nile, and creating famine that may have triggered the French revolution. Island on Fire is the story not only of a volcano but also of the people whose lives it changed, such as the pastor Jon Steingrimsson, who witnessed and recorded the events in Iceland. It is the story, too, of modern volcanology, and looks at how events might work out should Laki erupt again in our time.

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Recensione:

A volcanic tour de force: terrific story-telling that reveals our vulnerability to nature's most destructive forces. (Nick Crane)

Island in Fire is a terrific, disturbing book centred on the eruption of Laki in Iceland in June 1783 and its disastrous repercussions across Europe and beyond. In their fast-paced, enjoyable text the authors use that story and recent science to show how vulnerable we remain to the most unpredictable of natural disasters - volcanic action. (Gillian Darley Vesuvius)

Descrizione del libro:

The 1783 eruption of Laki led to Europe's year without summer - and it is due again soon.

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• Editore: Profile Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1781250049
• ISBN 13: 9781781250044
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224