Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania - Brossura

Larson, Erik

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0552779342 ISBN 13: 9780552779340

Casa editrice: Black Swan, 2015

Riassunto

On 1st May 1915, the luxury ocean liner Lusitania sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool. Her passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone and its submarines were bringing terror to the 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 safe from attack. He also knew that his ship was the fastest then in service and could outrun any threat. Germany was, however, intent on changing the rules, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. For this would be the ill-fated Lusitania’s final crossing . . .

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Recensione:

"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)

Descrizione del libro:

The No.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City brings his breathtaking narrative skills to bear on the story of the sinking of the Lusitania, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the disaster and has won the Good Reads Choice Award for the best history book of 2015.

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• Editore: Black Swan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0552779342
• ISBN 13: 9780552779340
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448