The Great Boston Fire: The Inferno That Nearly Incinerated the City 9781493054992, 2021044051, 2021044052, 9781493054985, 1493054996

The Trent Affair: The Diplomatic Incident That Nearly Brought Great Britain into the American Civil War

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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871: The Story of the Blaze That Destroyed the Midwest’s Largest City

*Includes pictures *Includes eyewitness accounts of the disaster *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes

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The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City 9780306818905, 0306818906

On the night of July 19, AD 64, a fire began beneath the stands of Rome's great stadium, the Circus Maximus. For mo

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The Great Chicago Fire 9780486157023

Definitive treatment of 1871 fire — one of the greatest disasters in American history — includes eyewitness accounts and

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Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO 9781501766039

In Euromissiles, Susan Colbourn tells the story of the height of nuclear crisis and the remarkable waning of the fear th

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The Great Fire of Rome: Life and Death in the Ancient City 9781421433714, 1421433710

Readers interested in ancient (and modern) Rome, urban life, and civic disasters, among other things, will be fascinated

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The Fire That Ignites 9780307564375, 2003006575

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The Skirts of the Great City

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The Great Fire of Rome: The Story of the Most Famous Fire in Roman History

*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts about Nero and the Great Fire *Includes a bibliography for further reading

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Books that Matter: The City of God

Augustine of Hippo’s masterpiece The City of God is one of the greatest books ever written, yet its size – nearly 1,000

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