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The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic volcanic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa.

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The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa. The legendary annihilation in 1883... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

'Bracingly apocalyptic stuff: atmospheric, chock-full of information and with a constantly escalating sense of pace and tension' Sunday Telegraph

This fascinating adaptation of Winchester's adult bestseller Krakatoa brings to life one of history's most unexpected and terrifying events. Using astonishing photos, beautifully rendered illustrations, and detailed maps, Winchester brilliantly makes a world-changing event accessible... Read Full Overview

La plus terrifiante et destructrice ruption volcanique de l?histoire moderne a eu lieu le 26 et le 27 ao t 1883 quelques kilom tres de l? le de Java. Seulement quatre explosions furent n cessaires pour pulv riser le Krakatoa, et produire un impact terrible sur toute la r gion,... Read Full Overview

The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a by-word for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event which has only very recently... Read Full Overview