Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Free Audiobook Download by Erik Larson

In Erik Larson's riveting narrative, he tells the story of how the Lusitania was sunk in 1915 by a German U-boat, in which 1,198 passengers and crew members died. The ship was cruising at its normal speed of eighteen knots when it came under attack by a torpedo fired by the German submarine that hit its starboard side just below the waterline. Larson's book starts with the discovery of pieces of wreckage floating across the Atlantic by Irish fisherman off Cape Clear Island in County Cork and then moves on to tell the story of how John Ericsson and George Clarke, who were working for the British Admiralty to design a new class of fast cargo ships (the RMS Olympic, Titanic, RMS Mauretania

"Dead Wake" by Erik Larson is a non-fiction historical account of the last voyage of the luxury ship Lusitania. The British passenger liner was sunk on May 7, 1915, in a surprise attack by German U-boats without warning. First published in 2001, "Dead Wake" received the 2002 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime.

A century ago, on May 7th, 1915, the Lusitania left New York's Pier 54. Her destination was Liverpool. The Lusitania was called a "floating city" due to her luxury accommodations and features such as electric lighting, movie theaters and a Turkish bath. Over 2,000 people were packed aboard with over one million pounds of munitions and other military supplies intended for Britain in the event of war. Behind her on the dock lay two colliers designed for coal burning which had been converted into armed freighters.

The Lusitania was a passenger ship of the Cunard Line, formerly owned by and named after the 10th Duke of York, who was King George V. On 7 May 1915, she sailed from New York for Liverpool carrying 1,919 passengers and crew. The ship was torpedoed by a German submarine about 100 miles (160 km) off the southern coast of Ireland on her maiden voyage to Britain.

Erik Larson's new book Dead Wake promises to be a vivid and detailed account of on the 1916 sinking of what was arguably the greatest maritime disaster in history: the sinking of Lusitania, the most famous ocean liner yet built. The ship was carrying only 775 passengers and a crew of 1,000 when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Ireland's southern coast.

Dead Wake is an exploration of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, one of the most infamous cases of wartime sabotage. The book opens with the narrator, Erik Larson, explaining the historical context and then he goes into depth about what actually happened on May 7th 1915. He is able to convey a wide range of emotions throughout this work, from anger to sorrow to even cautious optimism for the future.