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Wrath of God : the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 / Edward Paice

by Edward Paice

A 279-page hardback edition with its original dust jacket, signed by the author. The copy features a scrape on the rear corner affecting the cloth and jacket, though it is otherwise in very good condition.

Accession 21569 ISBN 9781847246233 Publisher Quercus
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Just after half past nine on the morning of Sunday 1 November 1755, the end of the world came to the city of Lisbon. On a day that had begun with blue skies and gentle warmth, Portugal's proud capital was struck by a massive earthquake estimated at 8.7 on the Richter scale. An hour later, riverine Lisbon and the Algarve coast were engulfed by a series of tsunamis. Fires raged for six days, completing the destruction of Europe's fourth-largest city. Theologians and philosophers were baffled by this awesome manifestation of the anger of God. How could the presence of such suffering in the world be reconciled with the existence of a beneficent deity? Paice paints a vivid picture of a city and society changed for ever by a day of terror. He describes in thrilling detail the quake itself and its immediate aftermath, but he is interested just as much in its political, economic and cultural consequences. -- Trove

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