6/11/2023 0 Comments Lusitania book erik larson![]() ![]() As much attention is given to U-20, the submarine that sinks the Lusitania, as to the Lusitania itself. He further chronicles the rise and changing purpose of the German U-Boats and provides an outline of World War I. ![]() He frames the Lusitania’s construction and a biography of her captain within the naval advancements and attitudes of the era. To his credit, Larson understands that nothing in history occurs in a vacuum. In Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, Larson is focused-all tangents, overviews, and factoids lead back to the Lusitania. The World’s Fair story is far more interesting than the other (surprisingly) so the back-and-forth is tedious. ![]() Devil in the White City tackles two stories simultaneously: the 1893 World’s Fair and the grisly murders of Dr. I’ve started Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City twice and have yet to finish it. ![]()
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