The Lusitania
Subtitle: The Life, Loss, and Legacy of an Ocean Legend
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780811709897
Subjects: European history: First World War; Warfare & Defence; Shipping; Lusitania (Steamship); Naval History - World War I; World War, 1914-1918; History; History - General History; Naval operations, German; History: American; Europe; USA; Maritime History; Military - World War I; Ships & Shipbuilding - Shipwrecks; Great Britain; 20th century; Government policy
First sentence: TEN MILES SOUTH OF THE OLD HEAD OF KINSALE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE Irish Sea, lies a tomb, a 43,000-ton steel coffin that broods silently over the remains of 1,200 men, women, and children.