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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

By Erik , Larson

Book information

Publisher
Crown;Archetype
ISBN
9780307408860, 9780553446753, 9780307408877, 0307408876
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
2 MB (2187084 bytes)
Edition
First paperback edition
Pages
452 pages : maps ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1914-1918 -- Naval operations1914-1918--Naval operations1914-1918;History;Lusitania (Steamship);World WarGerman;Biography;World WarGerman;Shipping -- Government policy -- Great BritMilitary OperationsNaval -- German;Shipping -- Government policy;GreaNaval--German;Shipping--Government policy;Shipping

Description

Mining suspense -- A word from the captain -- "Bloody monkeys" -- Jump rope and caviar -- Dead wake -- The black soul -- The sea of secrets -- Personal effects.;"Full of glamour and suspense, "Dead Wake" brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect of new love. Gripping and important, "Dead Wake" captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history."--Provided by publisher. Mining suspense -- A word from the captain -- "Bloody monkeys" -- Jump rope and caviar -- Dead wake -- The black soul -- The sea of secrets -- Personal effects.

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