The authors describe in detail the attack by the German U-boat U-20 and the successful torpedoing of the ship. Part of the book feels like a series of short biographies of the wealthy passengers. King and Wilson tells in detail about the ship itself, from 200 miles of electric wiring that ran through it, to the three barrels of live turtles that the chefs brought on board. Albert Vanderbilt was probably the most famous American on board to parish with the Lusitania. King and Wilson have done an excellent job fleshing out the history of the ship’s last voyage and the people who sailed on it. The Lusitania was one of the beautiful luxury lines of the gilded age. It is the sinking of the Lusitania that brought the United States into World War I. This is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.
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