Lusitania by Greg King

The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. “On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. Let’s get started with the ones available in the NOBLE system.ĭead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson If you have a particular favorite in the list (or one you think we missed) let us know in the comments. Here is a small selection of books we have and ones coming soon. Like a lot of anniversaries of major historical events this one has spawned a lot of books on the subject. May 7 will be the 100 anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania (see Chris’s review of Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy and the End of the Edwardian Age) by German U-20 off the Irish coast.