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The Year Without Summer: 1816 - One Event, Six Lives, A World Changed
The Year Without Summer: 1816 - One Event, Six Lives, A World Changed
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jul 22, 2020
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Podcast episode
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In 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted, impacting the weather throughout the world. The Year Without Summer imagines its impact on six separate lives, thousands of miles away. They include a fenland farm labourer, a soldier returning from Waterloo, author Mary Shelley and painter John Constable. Laura McMillan talks to author Guinevere Glasfurd about her ingenious and poetic novel, The Year Without Summer. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jul 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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