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The Storm: Or, a Collection of the most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters which Happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land is a gripping and comprehensive chronicle of one of the ……続きを見る

The Storm. An Essay. by Daniel Defoe is a seminal work first published in 1704, widely regarded as one of the earliest pieces of modern journalism and a pioneering account of natural disaster report……続きを見る

In "The Storm," Daniel Defoe employs his renowned narrative technique to vividly recount the harrowing experiences of a tempest that struck the British Isles in 1703. This unabridged work masterfull……続きを見る

Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated – and timely – history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. ‘Countries ……続きを見る

Jeder kennt die Welt der Piraten als abenteuerliches Universum aus Holzbein, Säbelkampf und Totenkopfflagge. Doch nur wenige wissen, dass viele Seeräuber ihre Beute teilten, demokratische Versammlun……続きを見る

On the evening of 26th November 1703, a cyclone from the north Atlantic hammered into southern Britain at over seventy miles an hour, claiming the lives of over 8,000 people. Eyewitnesses reported s……続きを見る

British author Daniel Defoe is known as one of the early innovators of the book-length novel, especially in his works Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe. In The Storm, Defoe creates another literary ……続きを見る