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Author : Robert D. Ballard,Spencer Dunmore
Publisher : New York : Warner Books
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0446518514
Explores the controversies surrounding the sinking of the cruise ship in 1915
Author : Robert D. Ballard,Spencer Dunmore
Publisher : Haynes Manuals
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Shipwrecks
ISBN : 1844256669
by Robert Ballard In May 1915, a German torpedo sank the sleek Cunard liner, Lusitania, taking 1,195 civilian lives. The sinking turned world opinion against Germany, and the deaths of 123 American passengers was the first step in bringing the United States into the First World War. Rumours of conspiracies and cover-ups surround the liner, and over 80 years later she is still a ship of mystery. In 1993 Robert Ballard led an expedition to the wreck of the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland in search of the answers. Ballard s conclusions are authoritative and provide a fascinating, definitive account of what happened on that fateful May afternoon. incredibly rich in illustration Diver Magazine
Author : Patrick O'Sullivan
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848898707
In May 1915, the RMS Lusitania, then the world's fastest liner, departed from New York. Seven days later she was torpedoed off the Irish coast with the loss of 1,198 lives. Suspected by the Germans of carrying clandestine munitions to Britain, the great ship steamed into a fatal encounter with the German submarine U-20. One of the largest naval disasters in history, it was a factor in bringing America into the First World War. Patrick O'Sullivan presents the complete story of the Lusitania a. air, exploring the cover-ups and the theories on what caused the baffling second explosion. His meticulous research reveals the most compelling explanation to date. This is a fascinating account of one of the First World War's most reported-on atrocities.
Author : Robert Ballard
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0297818082
Author : David Ramsay
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473860230
An account of one of the greatest maritime disasters in history—the Lusitania’s proud service, its sinking by a German U-Boat, and the tragic aftermath. When the RMS Lusitania entered service in 1907, she was the pride of the Cunard fleet. The first transatlantic express liner powered by marine turbines, she had a top speed of twenty-five knots and could make the Liverpool-New York crossing in five days, restoring British supremacy along the key North Atlantic route. All this ended during World War I, on 7 May 1915, when she was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank eighteen minutes later, taking with her the lives of the 1,198 passengers and crew. In this well-researched book, the author concentrates not just on the disaster but its consequences, including the political recriminations and the governmental inquiry. The loss of American citizens was a major reason why the United States entered the War. Fully-illustrated with rare historical photographs, this is a fascinating study of a major shipping catastrophe with profound repercussions that would have an effect not just on maritime law, but on the future of the world.
Author : Robert Ballard,Robert D. Ballard,Spencer Dunmore
Publisher : Chartwell
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000060628497
Explore the Lusitania and who or what was behind its sinking.
Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Crown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780553446753
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania “Both terrifying and enthralling.”—Entertainment Weekly “Thrilling, dramatic and powerful.”—NPR “Thoroughly engrossing.”—George R.R. Martin On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era’s great transatlantic “Greyhounds”—the fastest liner then in service—and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger’s U-boat, but told no one. As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small—hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more—all converged to produce one of the great disasters of 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 while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow 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 whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history. Finalist for the Washington State Book Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Miami Herald, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, LibraryReads, Indigo
Author : Robert D. Ballard,Spencer Dunmore,Ken Marschall
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Shipwrecks
ISBN : 0297813145
This highly illustrated book investigates the sinking of the Cunard liner, Lusitania. It features Ballard's unique underwater photography paired with high-quality archival material in fascinating then and now spreads.
Author : Diana Preston
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1551926423
Three years after the tragic sinking of the Titanic, another luxury liner went to a watery grave beneath the icy depths of the North Atlantic. The sinking of the Lusitania, torpedoed by a German U-boat in a sneak attack off the coast of Ireland, was one of the most pivotal and universally condemned acts of World War I. Diana Preston chronicles the shipboard experiences of three children who were on that fateful voyage. Eleven-year-old Frank Hook, a third-class passenger, was moving to England with his father and older sister. Twelve-year-old Avis Dolphin, a second-class passenger, was being sent to an English boarding school with a chaperone. And five-month-old Audrey Pearl was traveling in luxurious first class with her parents, three siblings, and two nannies. From different walks of life and varied circumstances, these three children shared a common bond-they all survived one of the most disastrous shipwrecks in history. Their stories, taken from firsthand accounts, personal interviews, and historical documents, provide a riveting look at one of the most tragic and significant events of World War I.
Author : Charles Emelius Jr. Lauriat
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547622048
"The Lusitania's Last Voyage: Being a narrative of the torpedoing and sinking of the R. M. S. Lusitania by a German submarine" by Charles Emelius Jr. Lauriat is a gripping firsthand account of a tragic moment in maritime history. Lauriat's narrative provides readers with an intimate and harrowing perspective on the sinking of the R. M. S. Lusitania during World War I. This book is a powerful testament to the courage and resilience of the passengers and crew, as well as a reminder of the human cost of war. It is a compelling read for those interested in historical accounts of maritime disasters and the impact of global conflicts on civilian lives.
Author : Robert Ballard,Rick Archbold
Publisher : Little, Brown Young Readers
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0316080209
Depicts five famous ships that have been lost at sea in modern times, the Empress of Ireland, the Lusitania, the Andrea Doria, the Brittanic, and the Titanic.
Author : Mitch Peeke
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-06
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781783400386
The Lusitania Story is the complete story of this most famous ocean liner, told for the first time in a single volume. The Lusitania is today most remembered for controversy surrounding her loss by a German submarine attack in 1915, during the First World War. But this book also tells of her life before that cataclysmic event. It tells of the ground-breaking advances in maritime engineering that she represented, as well as a hitherto unheard of degree of opulence. This book also takes a close look at the disaster which befell her and, with the help of leading experts, the authors examine the circumstances of her loss and try to determine why this magnificent vessel was lost in a mere eighteen minutes.
Author : J. Kent Layton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Shipwrecks
ISBN : 144564262X
The definitive history of Cunard's Edwardian superliner, Lusitania.
Author : Willi Jasper
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300224245
A fascinating reassessment of a turning point in the First World War, revealing its role in shaping the German psyche On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania, a large British luxury liner, was sunk by a German submarine off the Irish coast. Nearly 1,200 people, including 128 American citizens, lost their lives. The sinking of a civilian passenger vessel without warning was a scandal of international scale and helped precipitate the United States’ decision to enter the conflict. It also led to the immediate vilification of Germany. Though the ship’s sinking has preoccupied historians and the general public for over a century, until now the German side of the story has been largely untold. Drawing on varied German sources, historian Willi Jasper provides a comprehensive reappraisal of the sinking and its aftermath that focuses on the German reaction and psyche. The attack on the Lusitania, he argues, was not simply an escalation of violence but signaled a new ideological, moral, and religious dimension in the struggle between German Kultur and Western civilization.
Author : Leonard Carpenter
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781633536562
A World War I spy thriller from an author who puts “electrifying action into everything he writes” (Jonathan Maberry, New York Times–bestselling author). Alma Brady is on the run from a New York mob boss. Desperate to escape Big Jim Hogan and his murderous gang, she joins a group of nurses bound for the Great War in Europe. Their ship is the Lusitania, the most celebrated luxury liner of 1915, with a passenger list of Broadway and Continental celebrities—who do not realize they are headed for certain doom. Aboard the ship she meets Matthew Vane, a war correspondent who wants to find out what secret weapons may be hidden in the Lusitania cargo hold. During the one-week voyage, these characters will be drawn into romance, intrigue and murder, in an epic historical thriller that takes us above and below decks, into the German U-boat lurking nearby, and to the capitals and battlefields of Europe. “Anyone who thrilled to the Titanic film will love this book.” —Sandra Nielsen