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Wilful Murder - The Sinking of the Lusitania
Title:
Wilful Murder - The Sinking of the Lusitania
Preston, Diana
$16.00

Previous owner's inscription and a small tear on title page.

On May 7th, 1915 a passenger ship crossing the Atlantic sank with the loss of 1200 lives. On board were some world-famous figures, including multimillionaire Alfred Vanderbilt. But this wasn't the Titanic and there was no iceberg. The liner was the Lusitania and it was torpedoed by a German U-boat. 'Wilful Murder' is the hugely compelling story of the sinking of the Lusitania. The first book to look at the events in their full historical context, it is also the first to place the human dimension at its heart. Using first-hand accounts of the tragedy she brings the characters to life, recreating the splendour of the liner as it set sail and the horror of its final moments. Using British, American and German research material Diana Preston answers many of the unanswered and controversial questions surrounding the Lusitania- why didn't Cunard listen to warnings that the ship would be a target of the Germans? Was the Lusitania sacrificed to bring the Americans into the War? What was really in the Lusitania's hold? Was she armed? Had Cunard's offices been infiltrated by German agents? And did the Kaiser's decision to cease unrestricted U-boat warfare in response to international outrage change the outcome of the First World War?....

Second hand Paperback
Stock: 
0
ISBN: 
9780552998864
SKU:
109591