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The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
The Last Day Wrath Ruin and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 Author:Nicholas Shrady The Last Day is a riveting history of how the cataclysmic Lisbon earthquake shook the religious and intellectual foundations of Enlightenment Europe. This is popular history writing at its best and will appeal to readers of Simon Winchester's Krakatoa and A Crack in the Edge of the World.