The rapid pace of submarine development in the years immediately preceding the First World War owed much to the naval race between Germany and Britain, although in both countries the idea of an underwater vessel … Lusitania -pride of the Cunard Line and one of the greatest ocean liners afloat-became the target of a terrifying new weapon and a casualty of a terrible new kind of war. EMBED. The majority of this book is written with life woven through it. Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy - Ebook written by Diana Preston. Lusitania -pride of the Cunard Line and one of the greatest ocean liners afloat-became the target of a terrifying new weapon and a casualty of a terrible new kind of war. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? Creator. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! 2002. Sunk off the southern coast of Ireland by a torpedo fired from the German submarine U-20, she exploded and sank … Lusitania-pride of the Cunard Line and one of the greatest ocean liners afloat-became the target of a terrifying new weapon and a casualty of a terrible new kind of war. A poster titled 'Remember the Lusitania' was used for recruitment purposes. [Diana Preston] -- An account of the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania offers a portrait of early twentieth-century maritime history and the terrible impact of the disaster on the course of World War I. Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian and the author of A First Rate Tragedy, The Boxer Rebellion, Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy, and Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima, which won the 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology. Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy by Diana Preston On May 7, 1915, toward the end of her 101st eastbound crossing, from New York to Liverpool, England, R.M.S. 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