Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogotá and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today's new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims, one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere. Krakatoa gives us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event.
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
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Author: Simon Winchester
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780060937362
Details:
Author: Simon Winchester
Edition: First Edition Thus
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 448
Release Date: 30-03-2004
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.3 x 1.0 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780060937362
