Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
$37.81
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2015
Summary
On 1 May 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool. The passengers - including a record number of children and infants - were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, its submarines had brought terror to the North Atlantic.
But the Lusitania’s captain, William Thomas Turner, had faith in the gentlemanly terms of warfare that had, for a century, kept civilian ships sa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552779340 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552779342 |
| Author: | Erik Larson |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2015 |
| Weight: | 314g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 128mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
Gripping, superbly well-researched…he ratchets up the tension as the doomed ship speeds towards the inevitable. Though you know it’s going to happen, you keep praying that it won’t, right up until the moment when the torpedo strikes. You feel this way because Larson makes you care…Thanks to Larson’s vivid narrative, you are there with those passengers in the thick of it. It may have happened 100 years ago, but this masterpiece made it feel like yesterday. – James Delingpole * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
A fascinating, well-researched read. * Kate Atkinson *
With practised skill Larson confronts the emotional pathos of wartime tragedy. – Iain Finlayson * THE TIMES *
Vivid…Larson tells his story well. – Andrew Holgate * SUNDAY TIMES *
Larson’s irresistibly pacey narrative moves between the various scenes of action, conjuring them up in vivid detail…the sources are remarkable…[his] detailed conversational endnotes are an added bonus. – Lucy Moore * LITERARY REVIEW *
A gripping piece of narrative history which moves almost with the same speed as Schwieger’s torpedo. * NAVY NEWS *
Larson has an eye for haunting, unexploited detail…illuminating…suspenseful. * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
The master of popular non-fiction…a gripping account. * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
Larson’s page turner brings the disaster to life. * EVENT magazine *
Larson’s approach to history resembles a novelist’s… a rattling read. * Guardian *
Erik Larson
Erik Larson is a prize-winning journalist and narrative historian. His books include Isaac’s Storm, Thunderstruck, and In the Garden of Beasts and have combined sales of nearly 6 million copies and been published in 14 countries. His No.1 bestseller The Devil in the White City won an Edgar Award and was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Non-Fiction Award. He lives in Seattle.
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