The last day : wrath, ruin, and reason in the great lisbon earthquake of 1755

A riveting history of how the cataclysmic Lisbon earthquake shook the religious and intellectual foundations of Enlightenment Europe.Along with the volcanic destruction of Pompeii and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Lisbon quake of 1755 is one of the most destructive natural disasters ever re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shrady, Nicholas
Format: EAUDIO
Other Format: BOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Tantor Media, Inc 2008
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