Ebook {Epub PDF} Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy by Diana Preston

On May 7, , toward the end of her st eastbound crossing, from New York to Liverpool, England, R.M.S. Lusitania -- pride of the Cunard Line and one of the greatest ocean liners afloat -- became the target of a terrifying new weapon and a casualty of a terrible new kind of war. Sunk off the southern coast of Ireland by a torpedo fired from the German submarine U, she exploded and sank in eighteen Cited by:  · In her riveting account of this enormous and controversial tragedy, Diana Preston recalls both a pivotal moment in history and a remarkable human drama. The story of the Lusitania is a window on the maritime world of the early twentieth century: the heyday of the luxury liner, the first days of the modern submarine, and the climax of the decades-long German-British rivalry for supremacy of the Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing.  · Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy. Lusitania.: Diana Preston. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, May 1, - History - pages. 3 Reviews. On May 7, 4/5(3).

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Verified Purchase. "When the Lusitania went down!"- snippets from lyrics from "When the Lusitania went down" written in Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy is an informative work that captures multiple points of interest and history regarding the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy. Lusitania.: Diana Preston. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, May 1, - History - pages. 3 Reviews. On May 7, , toward the end of her st eastbound crossing, from. In her account of this enormous and controversial tragedy, Diana Preston recalls both a pivotal moment in history and a remarkable human drama. The story of the Lusitania is a window on the maritime world of the early twentieth century: the heyday of the luxury liner, the first days of the modern submarine, and the climax of the decades-long German-British rivalry for supremacy of the Atlantic.