Blame it on the rain
Subtitle: how the weather has shaped history and changed culture
By: Laura Lee.
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Weather -- History; Weather -- Social aspects; Climate and civilization
Description: "An amazing, enlightening, and endlessly entertaining look at how weather has shaped our world. Throughout history, great leaders have fallen, the outcomes of mighty battles have been determined, and the tides of earth-shattering events have been turned by a powerful, inscrutable force of nature: the weather. In Blame It on the Rain, author Laura Lee explores the amazing and sometimes bizarre ways in which weather has influenced our history and helped to bring about sweeping cultural change. She also delights us with a plethora of fascinating weather-related facts (Did you know that more Britons die of sunburn every year than Australians?), while offering readers a hilarious overview of humankind's many absurd attempts to control the elements."--Publisher's website.

Presents a collection of essays that explores the various ways in which weather conditions contributed to major events in history.