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From the author of The Devil in the White City and In the Garden of the Beasts – another reality based fiction account of the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915. The book is written from three perspectives: William Thomas Turner, Captain of the Lusitania; Walther Schwieger, Captain of the Unterseeboot-20 – the submarine that sunk the Lusitania and the British Intelligence unit that was tracking both ships and keeping it all a secret. You get to know a lot of the passengers and crew of this
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What an amazing storyteller Erik Larson is! I just couldn't get enough of this book. Passed it along to my husband who is now listening to the true events covered in this book. I love, love, love learning more about history and getting this amazing behind the scenes look at an event we all know about but this gives so much more!
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