Island on Fire: The extraordinary story of Laki, the volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark by Alexandra Witze

Island on Fire: The extraordinary story of Laki, the volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark

Alexandra Witze with Jeff Kanipe

224 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous fast-paced
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Can a single explosion change the course of history? An eruption at the end of the eighteenth century led to years of climate change while igniting famine, disease, and even perhaps revolution. Laki is Iceland's largest volcano--and its most fears...

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