Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Recommended by Bethanye McKinney Blount, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #3 in World War I, Ranked #4 in Passenger — see more rankings.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania
On May 1, 1915, 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 anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas... more
On May 1, 1915, 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 anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas... more
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Bethanye McKinney Blount There's so much in this one about leadership, failures and how winners write history. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Dead Wake is ranked in the following categories:
- #69 in American History
- #99 in British History
- #37 in Children's Boat
- #91 in England History
- #23 in European History
- #16 in Historical Nonfiction
- #27 in History
- #6 in Ships
- #4 in Submarines
- #70 in Transportation
- #98 in True Story
- #62 in War
- #62 in Wars
- #30 in World History
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