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

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

Nicholas Shrady

228 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
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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 prod...

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