Lusitania Story
The Atrocity That Shocked the World
Edición de la obra The Lusitania story
| Autor | Steve Jones, Mitch Peeke, Kevin Walsh-Johnson |
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| Editorial | Pen & Sword Books Limited |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| ISBN-13 | 9781473832701 |
| Número de Cutter | J79l |
RMS LUSITANIA is best remembered today for the controversy surrounding her loss as the result of a German submarine attack on Friday 7th May, 1915, during the First World War. But this book also tells of her life before that cataclysmic event: the ground-breaking advances in maritime engineering that she represented, her hitherto unheard-of degree of opulence, and her seven glorious years of peacetime service - including her capture of the coveted Blue Riband award for Great Britain. Here, three members of the Lusitania Historical Society take a close and authoritative look at the disaster which befell her, and attempt to determine why this magnificent vessel, together with over a thousand souls, was lost in a mere eighteen minutes ...