This is a tense, heartbreaking account of a tragedy that changed history. It’s May 1915 and the British-owned Lusitania, the largest and fastest ship in the world, sets off from New York to Liverpool carrying nearly 2000 people.
The Germans warn publicly that those who travel on Allied ships do so at their own risk. Some passengers receive – and ignore – anonymous threats.
Off the coast of Ireland lurks a German submarine. It’s slow, and its missiles don’t always launch, but it has a shrewd and ruthless commander. Author Erik Larson tells this tale of the hunter and the hunted with excruciating suspense, yet never loses sight of the facts, while maintaining empathy for the 1198 souls who were killed and the 761 who survived.
