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The last day : wrath, ruin, and reason in the great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 / Nicholas Shrady.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shrady, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lisbon Earthquake, Portugal, 1755.
- Physical Description:
- 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2008.
- Contents:
- All Saint's Day
- Order out of chaos
- Taking stock
- Alis ubbo
- olisipo
- al-Ushbuna
- Lisboa
- A golden age, of sorts
- The preacher and the philosopher
- Like a phoenix from the flames
- Enlightenment at any price.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780670018512
- 0670018511
- OCLC:
- 173350937
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