Vestal Fire

Contents

Foreword by William Cronon

Author’s Notes

Prologue: Quest for Fire

Book 1: Elements

Flame

Diamond in the Rough: A Physical Geography of European Fire

New Worlds from Old: A Biogeography of European Fire

Fusain and Flame: A Natural History of European Fire

Torch

Errant Fire: The Hominid Colonization of Europe

Cultivated Fire: The Agricultural Reclamation of Europe

Pyrotechnia: The Technology...