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From the development of the scientific understanding of storms to their representation in literature, art and music, from the destruction of the storm-tossed Spanish Armada to the devastation wrought by tornadoes, and from the early development of windmills to the contemporary furore surrounding wind turbines, this book shows how the wind has had a surprising and profound impact on Britains landscape, history, wildlife, economy and culture.

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'Storm Force shows how our gale-lashed island has been spared by the wind-in more ways than one.'--Shooting Times & Country Magazine

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    Publisher: Signal Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 04/02/2016
    ISBN13: 9781909930377, 978-1909930377
    ISBN10: 1909930377
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    Weather and climate: general interest Popular science

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    Book Synopsis
    From the development of the scientific understanding of storms to their representation in literature, art and music, from the destruction of the storm-tossed Spanish Armada to the devastation wrought by tornadoes, and from the early development of windmills to the contemporary furore surrounding wind turbines, this book shows how the wind has had a surprising and profound impact on Britains landscape, history, wildlife, economy and culture.

    Trade Review
    'Storm Force shows how our gale-lashed island has been spared by the wind-in more ways than one.'--Shooting Times & Country Magazine

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