This Gulf of Fire: The Great Lisbon Earthquake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason by Molesky, Mark
This Gulf of Fire: The Great Lisbon Earthquake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason by Molesky, Mark

This Gulf of Fire: The Great Lisbon Earthquake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason

Winner of the Phi Alpha Theta Best Subsequent Book AwardA Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist The...
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This Gulf of Fire: The Great Lisbon Earthquake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason by Molesky, Mark

This Gulf of Fire: The Great Lisbon Earthquake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason

$40.78
This Gulf of Fire: The Great Lisbon Earthquake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason by Molesky, Mark

This Gulf of Fire: The Great Lisbon Earthquake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason

$40.78
Author: Mark Molesky
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Winner of the Phi Alpha Theta Best Subsequent Book Award
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

The captivating and definitive account of the Great Lisbon Earthquake--the most consequential natural disaster of modern times.

On All Saints' Day 1755, tremors from an earthquake measuring approximately 9.0 or perhaps higher on the magnitude scale swept furiously toward Lisbon, then one of the wealthiest cities in the world and the capital of a vast global empire. Within minutes, much of the city lay in ruins. A half hour later, a giant tsunami unleashed by the quake smashed into Portugal's coastline and barreled up the Tagus River, carrying countless thousands out to sea. To complete Lisbon's destruction, a hellacious firestorm then engulfed the city's shattered remains, killing thousands more and incinerating much of what the earthquake and tsunami had spared.

Drawing on a wealth of new sources, the latest scientific research, and a sophisticated grasp of European history, Mark Molesky gives us the gripping, authoritative account of the Great Lisbon Earthquake disaster and its impact on the Western world--including descriptions of the world's first international relief effort, the rise of a brutal, yet modernizing, dictatorship in Portugal, and the effect of the catastrophe on the spirit and direction of the European Enlightenment.

Author: Mark Molesky
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/18/2016
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780307387509

About the Author
MARK MOLESKY studied history at the University of Michigan and received his AM and PhD from Harvard, where he was a lecturer on history and literature. He is currently an associate professor of history at Seton Hall University. He lives in New York City.


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