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Lusitania: Saga and Myth
David Ramsay
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Hardcover. 8vo..Very good copy in dustwrapper.World War I.
The saga of the Lusitania is one of the most remarkable in the annals of maritime history. State-of-the-art when she went into service and the first express liner to be equipped with steam turbines, she outclassed all her rivals. She triumphantly restored British supremacy on the North Atlantic passenger routes and became an acknowledged commercial success; she was highly popular with her regular passengers. Her sinking in May 1915 by a German U-boat, with heavy loss of life, was at that time the most savage attack on civilians in the course of war, and was widely denounced in allied and ... Read more
The saga of the Lusitania is one of the most remarkable in the annals of maritime history. State-of-the-art when she went into service and the first express liner to be equipped with steam turbines, she outclassed all her rivals. She triumphantly restored British supremacy on the North Atlantic passenger routes and became an acknowledged commercial success; she was highly popular with her regular passengers. Her sinking in May 1915 by a German U-boat, with heavy loss of life, was at that time the most savage attack on civilians in the course of war, and was widely denounced in allied and ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393050998
SKU
KEX0273712
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About David Ramsay
David Ramsay attended Trinity, Cambridge, where he became fascinated with twentieth-century history, particularly the two world wars and Winston Churchill. He lives in Indian Wells, California.
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