Silent Wave
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
The gripping story of the sinking of the Lusitania on 7 May 1915, off the coast of Ireland.
The gripping story of the sinking of the Lusitania on 7 May 1915, off the coast of Ireland.
On 1 May 1915, during the First World War, the Lusitania, a luxury ocean liner, set sail from New York bound for Liverpool, carrying a large number of passengers, including many children and infants. Although Germany had declared the seas around Britain a war zone, the liner’s passengers did not believe they were in any danger, as for a century non-military ships had remained safe from attack. For months, German submarines had been sowing terror in the North Atlantic, but the Lusitania was one of the finest and fastest ships of its time, known as the ‘transatlantic greyhound’. Germany had decided to change the rules of the game, and the captain of U-20, Walter Schwieger, was ready to rise to the challenge.
In *The Silent Wave*, Erik Larson examines, in a way that is gripping for the reader, the sinking of the Lusitania by U-20 and the events surrounding the wreck. By bringing to the fore the lives of the imposing
characters and the relationships that develop between them, he paints a
grand portrait of America during the Progressive Era.
- Pages: 508
- ISBN: 978-960-572-208-1
- Publication: 2017
- Dimensions: 17 x 24 εκ.
- Categories: Humanities & Social Sciences, eBooks, Ιστορία
"...The book, the product of many years of painstaking research by the best-selling author, deals with literary merit the final hours of the British ocean liner ‘Lusitania’, which was torpedoed and sunk on the final day of its return journey from the port of New York and shortly before docking in Liverpool. This is a narrative that can be described as ranging from obsessive to macabre, which is precisely why it is so compelling."
– Nikos Xenios, Bookpress.gr"...The book stands out for the ease with which it reads, without becoming tiresome over its 423 pages; however, Larson’s skill lies in the way he presents the political events, the British espionage, the arrogance of the Germans, and the patience shown by the Americans in the face of attacks on their merchant ships, resisting calls to enter the war."
– Aris Gavriilatos, a8inea.com"...Larson follows this fateful journey in an iconic manner and vividly records the ship’s final moments. At the same time, with ingenuity, he creates small, separate stories, which he narrates, thereby delaying the climax of the escalating tension of events and prolonging the suspense regarding the story’s outcome."
– Tessy Baila, Kathimerini.gr"...The cinematic pace of the book, and the author’s unparalleled ability to describe the atmosphere and the flow of events, make *The Silent Wave* a magnificent book, which is not only the story of a great maritime tragedy, but also an exquisite portrayal of American society shortly before the country’s involvement in the First World War. Shocking yet moving, it is a book you cannot put down."
– LibrofiloErik Larson
Erik Larson was born in New York in 1954. He is a journalist and award-winning author. He has published numerous books, five of which have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his investigative journalism at The Wall Street Journal and has taught creative writing at San Francisco State University and Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Seattle with his wife and their three daughters.
