304pp. Dj worn at edges. How did they happen? Whom did they affect? What were their consequences? Twenty great calamities ranging over more than six centuries. Includes chapters on The Black Death; Krakatoa Eruption; The Great Irish Famine; Gresford Mine Disaster; Pearl Harbour; Sinking of the Titanic; Loss of the R101; Captain Scott Epic; The Dreyfus Tragedy; Munich Air Disaster etc.

Crime Mystery Supernatural Disasters