Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

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Krakatoa was an international bestseller in hardback.

Simon Winchester's brilliant chronicle of the destruction of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883 charts the birth of our modern world. He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat Darwin to the discovery of evolution; of Samuel Morse, his code and how rubber allowed the world to talk; of Alfred Wegener, the crack-pot German explorer and father of geology. In breathtaking detail he describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm whose echoes are still felt to this day.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780141005171
Published: June 2004

Number of pages: 448
Width: 130 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 25 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd