On 1 May 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an
English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool.
The passengers - including a record number of children and infants
- were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be
a war zone. For months, its submarines had brought terror to the
North Atlantic. But the Lusitania's captain, William Thomas Turner,
had faith in the gentlemanly terms of warfare that had, for a
century, kept civilian ships safe from attack. He also knew that
his ship - the fastest then in service - could outrun any threat.
But Germany was intent on changing the rules, and Walther
Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige.
Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit were tracking
Schwieger's U-boat...but told no one. As U-20 and the Lusitania
made their way towards Liverpool, forces both grand and achingly
small - hubris, a chance fog, a closely-guarded secret and more -
converged to produce one of the great disasters of 20th century
history. It is a story that many of us think we know but don't, and
Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and
hunted. Full of glamour, mystery, and real-life suspense, Dead Wake
brings to life a cast of evocative characters, including the US
President Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war
but also captivated by the prospect of new love. Gripping and
important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power
of a disaster that helped place America on the road to war.
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