Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy

Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy

Serhii Plokhy with Leighton Pugh (Narrator)

13 hours, 35 minutes first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018. On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, workers, engineers, f...

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4.13
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informative: 96%

reflective: 50%

dark: 42%

challenging: 32%

sad: 32%

tense: 27%

emotional: 13%

adventurous: 2%

hopeful: 1%

mysterious: 1%


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