Vesuvius: A Biography - Hardcover

Scarth, Alwyn

 
9780691143903: Vesuvius: A Biography
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0691143900 ISBN 13: 9780691143903
Verlag: Princeton Univers. Press, 2009

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Capricious, vibrant, and volatile, Vesuvius has been and remains one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes. In its rage, it has destroyed whole cities and buried thousands alive. In its calm, its ashes have fertilized the soil, providing for the people who have lived in its shadows. This book tells the story of this natural phenomenon.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alwyn Scarth is the author of numerous books, including Savage Earth (HarperCollins), Vulcan's Fury, and La Catastrophe.

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"A superb biography of a live volcano whose intermittent eruptions led to the burial of unsuspecting multitudes, triggered religious fervor, inspired Western literature, revived Roman architecture, and invited Campanian intrigue."--Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, coauthor of Volcanoes in Human History

"Vesuvius is a great overview of events at Vesuvius and the Phlegrean Fields through the eyes of the people who witnessed the historical eruptions. I especially enjoyed descriptions of the eruptions during the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, and how these affected attitudes toward the church and monarchs at that time."--Grant Heiken, coauthor of The Seven Hills of Rome

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"A superb biography of a live volcano whose intermittent eruptions led to the burial of unsuspecting multitudes, triggered religious fervor, inspired Western literature, revived Roman architecture, and invited Campanian intrigue."--Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, coauthor of Volcanoes in Human History

"Vesuvius is a great overview of events at Vesuvius and the Phlegrean Fields through the eyes of the people who witnessed the historical eruptions. I especially enjoyed descriptions of the eruptions during the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, and how these affected attitudes toward the church and monarchs at that time."--Grant Heiken, coauthor ofThe Seven Hills of Rome

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Verlag
Princeton Univers. Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691143900
ISBN 13 
9780691143903
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
342
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