Wilful Murder: The Sinking Of The Lusitania by Diana Preston
And did the Kaiser's decision to cease unrestricted U-boat warfare in response to international outrage expressed after the sinking effectively change the outcome of the First World War? Highly readable, highly researched Wilful Murder casts dramatic new light on one of the world's most famous maritime disasters.
'The most comprehensive and accessible account of the sinking there has been or perhaps will be' -- Alan Judd * Sunday Telegraph *
'Sets a standard which other books have not achieved' * Irish Independent *
'A fitting monument to a multiudinous loss' -- John Updike * New Yorker *
'It is not easy, nowadays, to write an original book on the first world war..but Preston has succeeded' -- Norman Stone * The Sunday Times *
'A book as majestic as its subject. Preston is a consumate popular historian and a stylish and elegant writer' * Chicago Sun-Times *
'A complex story of heroism and great courage' * Independent on Sunday *
'Clear and effective...benefits from exhaustive research' * The Times Literary Supplement *
'Very good...Preston has done an extraordinary amount of work, particularly in tracing the memories of survivors' * The Sunday Times *
'Sets a standard which other books have not achieved' * Irish Independent *
'A fitting monument to a multiudinous loss' -- John Updike * New Yorker *
'It is not easy, nowadays, to write an original book on the first world war..but Preston has succeeded' -- Norman Stone * The Sunday Times *
'A book as majestic as its subject. Preston is a consumate popular historian and a stylish and elegant writer' * Chicago Sun-Times *
'A complex story of heroism and great courage' * Independent on Sunday *
'Clear and effective...benefits from exhaustive research' * The Times Literary Supplement *
'Very good...Preston has done an extraordinary amount of work, particularly in tracing the memories of survivors' * The Sunday Times *
Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian, writer, and broadcaster who lives in London. She is the author of several books, including THE ROAD TO CULLODEN MOOR; A FIRST RATE TRAGEDY: ROBERT FALCON SCOTT AND THE RACE TO THE SOUTH POLE; THE BOXER REBELLION, BEFORE THE FALL-OUT and WILFUL MURDER: THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA. Michael Preston, Diana Preston's husband, read English at Oxford University and is now an historian and traveller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552163866 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552163864 |
| Title | Wilful Murder: The Sinking Of The Lusitania |
| Author | Diana Preston |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
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