Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy

Rating:
Summary: A very readable history of a horrible maritime tragedy.
Review: With the writting of "Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy", Diana Preston has unquestionably assumed the statis of being the "Walter Lord" of the Lusitania story. Like Lord's "A Night to Remember" and "The Night Lives On", Preston's book is thoroughly researched, giving the reader an accurate and balanced sense of the political and military realities that led to the torpedoing of the great liner, while still relating all the shipboard events occuring before, during and after the sinking in a narrative that is both easy to understand, as well as read. The personal stories of passengers, crew and combatants (specifically Kaptianleutnant Schwieger) serve to bring home the human side of the tragedy to the reader. Therefore, if you are at all interesteded in learning about the sinking of the Lusitania, but have limitted time to invest, this is definetly the book to read. My only criticism is that Mrs. Preston failed to include a passenger list in the Appendix, but that is admittedly only a minor quible.

Rating:
Summary: A very readable history of a horrible maritime tragedy.
Review: With the writting of "Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy", Diana Preston has unquestionably assumed the statis of being the "Walter Lord" of the Lusitania story. Like Lord's "A Night to Remember" and "The Night Lives On", Preston's book is thoroughly researched, giving the reader an accurate and balanced sense of the political and military realities that led to the torpedoing of the great liner, while still relating all the shipboard events occuring before, during and after the sinking in a narrative that is both easy to understand, as well as read. The personal stories of passengers, crew and combatants (specifically Kaptianleutnant Schwieger) serve to bring home the human side of the tragedy to the reader. Therefore, if you are at all interesteded in learning about the sinking of the Lusitania, but have limitted time to invest, this is definetly the book to read. My only criticism is that Mrs. Preston failed to include a passenger list in the Appendix, but that is admittedly only a minor quible.