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Island on Fire: The extraordinary story of Laki, the volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark by Alexandra Witze and Jeff Kanipe (view source)
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If this all sounds rather dry then I'm not doing the book justice: I've read a lot of novels which didn't hold my attention in quite the same way. The history and the science are made totally accessible with diagrams or black and white photographs where these add to the text. I read the book in a couple of sittings when I originally thought that it would last for much longer. I don't often comment on book covers - but do have a close look at this one. It was the diagram of the fissure which opened up on each side of the mountain which brought what happened home to me. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy of the book to the Bookbag.
For more from a land of ice have a look at [[Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence and Emperor Penguins by Gavin Francis]]. For fiction based in Iceland we can recommend [[Frozen Out by Quentin Bates]] and the work of [[:Category:Arnaldur Indridason|Arnaldur Indridason]].
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