The Year Without Summer: 1816, William K. Klingaman And Nicholas P. Klingaman, c. 2013

How coincidental, having just read the Mary Shelley biography, c. 2013, which discussed the summer of 1816 when Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein. See my earlier post.

The full title of the book: The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History.

It discusses the lives of famous personages affected by the eruption and the socioeconomic events that resulted between 1815 and 1817 due to this eruption.

Volcano, location, year of eruption, volcanic explosivity index:

• Vesuvius, Italy, 79, 5
• Huaynaputina, Peru, 1600, 6
• Tambora, Indonesia, 1815, 7
• Krakatoa, Indonesia, 1883, 6
• Santa Maria, Guatemala, 1902, 6
• Mount St Helens, Washington (USA), 1980, 5
• Pinatuba, Philippines, 1991, 6
• Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland, 2010, 4

This book will likely be quickly remaindered, and will be sold throughout English-speaking airports in the softcover edition.