The Year Without a Summer: Mount Tambora, Frankenstein, and the Summer That Never Came

In 1816, snow fell in June, crops failed across Europe and North America, and thousands feared the end of the world. Known as the Year Without a Summer, this extraordinary period was caused by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora a year earlier, although nobody at the time knew the true reason. As famine spread and old superstitions resurfaced, a group of writers trapped by the relentless storms at Lake Geneva created Frankenstein and The Vampyre, changing horror literature forever.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.britannica.com/event/Year-Without-a-Summerhttps://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Tamborahttps://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/1815-eruption-mount-tamborahttps://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1510/tamborahttps://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/year-without-summer-1816https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2020/04/10/the-eruption-of-mount-tambora/https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210817-the-year-summer-never-camehttps://www.history.com/articles/the-year-without-a-summerhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/1816-year-without-summerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815_eruption_of_Mount_Tamborahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Diodatihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankensteinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_VampyreSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.