The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 was no run-of-the-mill misfortune-it was a watershed moment that shook the pillars...
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Author: Nicholas Shrady
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Language: English
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The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 by Shrady, Nicholas

The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

€26,48

The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

€26,48
Author: Nicholas Shrady
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 was no run-of-the-mill misfortune-it was a watershed moment that shook the pillars of an inveterate social order and sent reverberations throughout the Western world. Earth, water, wind, and fire all conspired to produce a hellish catastrophe that lasted for a full five days and left Lisbon thoroughly annihilated. Nicholas Shrady's unique account of this first modern disaster and its aftereffects successfully articulates the outcome of the earthquake-the eighteenth-century equivalent of a mass media frenzy giving rise to a host of other fascinating developments, such as disaster preparedness, landmark social reform, urban planning, and the birth of seismology.

Author: Nicholas Shrady
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 03/31/2009
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.42w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780143114604
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Nicholas Shrady is the author of Sacred Roads: Adventures from the Pilgrimage Trail. His articles have appeared in Architectural Digest, The New York Times Book Review, Travel & Leisure, Forbes, and Town & Country.

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