
The Severn Tsunami?
The Story of Britain's Greatest Natural Disaster
Mike Hall(Author)
The History Press Ltd
Published on 1. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7524-7015-3 (ISBN)
Description
On 30 January 1607 a huge wave, over 7 meters high, swept up the River Severn, flooding the land on either side. The wall of water reached as far in land as Bristol and Cardiff. It swept away everything in its path, devastating communities and killing thousands of people in what was Britain's greatest natural disaster. Historian and geographer Mike Hall pieces together the contemporary accounts and the surviving physical evidence to present, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of what actually happened on that fateful day and its consequences. He also examines the possible causes of the disaster: was it just a storm surge or was it, in fact, the only recorded instance of a tsunami in Britain.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-7015-3 (9780752470153)
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