Lusitania
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
On the afternoon of 7 May 1915, a German U-boat torpedo struck the RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, sending the great liner to the bottom of the Atlantic in just eighteen minutes and killing nearly 1,200 passengers and crew — an act of maritime carnage that would help drag the United States into the First World War. Colin Simpson's Lusitania is a masterwork of investigative journalism and historical reconstruction, meticulously unravelling the official deceptions, suppressed evidence, and shadowy wartime conspiracies that surrounded one of history's most controversial maritime disasters. Simpson argues with forensic precision that the tragedy was far from a straightforward act of war: drawing on declassified Admiralty documents and survivor testimonies, he presents a damning portrait of institutional negligence and deliberate concealment at the highest levels of the British government. Written with the authority of a seasoned investigative reporter, the narrative crackles with the tension of a thriller while maintaining the rigour of serious historical scholarship. For anyone who believes the official story, Lusitania raises questions that continue to haunt the corridors of power to this day.
Author: Colin Simpson
Format: Paperback
Genre: Maritime history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
On the afternoon of 7 May 1915, a German U-boat torpedo struck the RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, sending the great liner to the bottom of the Atlantic in just eighteen minutes and killing nearly 1,200 passengers and crew — an act of maritime carnage that would help drag the United States into the First World War. Colin Simpson's Lusitania is a masterwork of investigative journalism and historical reconstruction, meticulously unravelling the official deceptions, suppressed evidence, and shadowy wartime conspiracies that surrounded one of history's most controversial maritime disasters. Simpson argues with forensic precision that the tragedy was far from a straightforward act of war: drawing on declassified Admiralty documents and survivor testimonies, he presents a damning portrait of institutional negligence and deliberate concealment at the highest levels of the British government. Written with the authority of a seasoned investigative reporter, the narrative crackles with the tension of a thriller while maintaining the rigour of serious historical scholarship. For anyone who believes the official story, Lusitania raises questions that continue to haunt the corridors of power to this day.