Lusitania : Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age

from EricCostello

I read this book right after I read Erik Larson's book "Dead Wake." One thing that this book has that Larson's book doesn't is better illustrations; in fact, it has illustrations, whereas Larson's does not, a weakness on his part. The story is pretty familiar, and Larson's narrative is actually b...

from gmathis

This is good non-fiction for fiction readers, especially fans of the WWI era and Downton Abbey addicts. It's a well-researched account of an event that gets far less press than the sinking of the Titanic, but had more significant historical impact. There's plenty of lovely period detail about the...

from MomBoyd

Though there were many warnings before her final voyage, passengers scoffed at them and boarded the Lusitania anyway, much to their later detriment. This book is an interesting look at the passengers who boarded the ship for what was to become its final voyage, why they ignored the warnings, and ...

from LorrieAP

This book tells the story of the maritime disaster of the sinking of the Lusitania, a luxury ocean liner torpedoed by a German u-boat in 1915, a few years after the sinking of the Titanic. Don't know why, but I am fascinated by tragedies. Perhaps it's in reading of the depravity of mankind in ins...

from mclane

While perhaps not garnering as much attention as other recent books on the sinking of the LUSITANIA in 1915, this is a very well researched and written history of this maritime tragedy. It contains much information on the various rooms, equipment, furnishings, etc., of the vessel, as well as a gr...