{"product_id":"9781925106503","title":"Dead Wake","description":"Author: Larson, Erik\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925106503\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Mar 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and master of narrative non-fiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the disaster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 1 May, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English   country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record   number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had   declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its   U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLusitania was one   of the era's great transatlantic 'Greyhounds' and her captain, William Thomas   Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that   for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. He knew, moreover,   that his ship - the fastest then in service - could outrun any threat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGermany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of \u003ci\u003eUnterseeboot-20\u003c\/i\u003e, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an  ultra-secret British intelligence unit was tracking Schwieger's U-boat, but told no one. As U-20 and the \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e made their way toward Liverpool, an array  of forces both grand and achingly small - hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more - all converged to produce one of the great  disasters of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a story that many of us think we know but don't, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour, mystery, and real-life suspense, \u003ci\u003eDead Wake\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope Riddle, to President Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect of new love. Gripping and important, \u003ci\u003eDead Wake\u003c\/i\u003e captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster that helped place America on the road to war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Larson is one of the modern masters of popular narrative nonfiction ... a resourceful reporter and a subtle stylist who understands the tricky art of Edward Scissorhands-ing narrative strands into a pleasing story ... An entertaining book about a great subject, and it will do much to make this seismic event resonate for new generations of readers.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Larson is an old hand at treating nonfiction like high drama ... He knows how to pick details that have maximum soapy potential and then churn them down until they foam  and  has an eye for haunting, unexploited detail.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Larson is a journalist who writes nonfiction books that read like novels, real page-turners. This one is no exception. I had known a lot about the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e but little about the \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e. This filled in those gaps ... this one is pretty damned good. Thoroughly engrossing.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-George R.R. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150365307038,"sku":"UBD-9781925106503","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925106503.jpg?v=1786964597","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925106503","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}