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The saga of the Lusitania is one of the most remarkable in the annals of maritime history. State-of-the-art when she went into service and the first express liner to be equipped with steam turbines, she outclassed all her rivals. She triumphantly restored British supremacy on the North Atlantic passenger routes and became an ackwledged commercial success; she was highly popular with her regular passengers. Her sinking in May 1915 by a German U-boat, with heavy loss of life, was at that time the most savage attack on civilians in the course of war, and was widely deunced in allied and neutral countries. From that day her loss has become encrusted with legends (including conspiracy theories), many of them created by German propaganda. In this new book David Ramsay has unraveled those myths and legends and tells a clear and compelling saga of terrible maritime disaster and clashes among three powerful nations. It is a story of potentates and presidents, ambassadors and ministers of state, bankers, shipping magnates, spies, and, t least, Captain William Turner, who had to defend himself against charges of incompetence and fight for his reputation. Based on detailed research, this new book almost certainly contains the most objective account of the history of the liner and the circumstances surrounding her sinking. The sinking of Lusitania, which took a mere eighteen minutes, led to a loss of life comparable with the Titanic disaster, and the ramifications were felt across Europe and America; this masterly telling of the story will intrigue the general reader as much as it does the historian and enthusiast.

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PublisherWw Norton & Co

ISBN-100393050998

ISBN-139780393050998

eBay Product ID (ePID)183149825

Product Key Features

Book TitleLusitania : Saga and Myth

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

IllustratorYes

GenreTransportation, History

TypeTextbook

AuthorDavid Ramsay

FormatHardback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight23.6 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

Height241mm

Width165mm

Weight670g

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication21/05/2002

SubjectShips & Waterways: General Interest

Intended AudienceTrade

Place of PublicationNew York

Spine30mm

Country of PublicationUnited States

Author BiographyDavid Ramsay attended Trinity, Cambridge, where he became fascinated with twentieth-century history, particularly the two world wars and Winston Churchill. He lives in Indian Wells, California.

Content NoteIllustrations and Maps