The Lusitania Sinking Eyewitness accounts Hardback Book, New by German submarine

RRP Price Was £24.99 (Plus p&p at £5 = £30), Our price £12.99 inc free p&p UK. For overseas add £20 as its heavy. Thus a total saving over 40% On RRP & P&P!Hard cover with over 280 pages with some black and white photosAll orders are dispatched in solid board envelopes to offer maximum protection. (Not Jiffy envelopes, like some others!)All orders posted out the same day (if ordered before 4pm, and sent 2nd Class Recorded, UK) Or the Next Day (if ordered over the weekend, then posted out on Monday, or whenever possible! 'Bank Holidays, Xmas etc')We sell only New Books, Not second-hand.Please check our Shop Pages. For more New Books Titles are being added all the time.And join our Newsletter too, to be kept informed on new titles as they come out. We have hundreds of quality books for sale in our Ebay Shop, and all our books are arranged in convenient categories to make browsing easier - so if you are interested in other books like this one, why not have a look through our 'Shop Categories'. At the Bottom of this page.If you have any questions about this or any other book, please don't hesitate to ask.Item specificsConditionNew: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ... Read moreabout the conditionISBN9781784383015Publication Year2019TypeTextbookFormatHardcoverLanguageEnglishPublication NameThe Lusitania Sinking: Eyewitness Accounts from SurvivorsItem Height234 mmAuthorAnthony RichardsPublisherGreen Hill BooksItem Width156 mmSubjectGovernment, HistoryNumber of Pages280 PagesAbout this productProduct InformationThe sinking of the Lusitania is an event that has been predominantly discussed from a political or maritime perspective. For the first time, The Lusitania Sinking tells the story in the emotive framework of a family looking for information on their son's death. On 1 May 1915, the 29-year-old student Preston Prichard embarked as a Second Class passenger on the Lusitania, bound from New York for Liverpool. By 2pm on the afternoon of 7 May, the liner was approaching the coast of Ireland when she was sighted by the German submarine U-20. A single torpedo caused a massive explosion in the Lusitania's hold, and the ship began sank rapidly. Within 20 minutes she disappeared and 1,198 men, women and children, including Preston, died. Uncertain of Preston's fate, his family leaped into action. His brother Mostyn, who lived in Ramsgate, travelled to Queenstown to search morgues but could find nothing. Preston's mother wrote hundreds of letters to survivors to find out more about what might have happened in his last moments. The Lusitania Sinking compiles the responses received. Perhaps sensing his fate, Prichard had put his papers in order before embarking and told a fellow student where to find his will if anything happened to him. During the voyage, he was often seen in the company of Grace French, quoted above. Alice Middleton, who had a crush on him but was too shy to speak to him throughout the entire voyage, remembered that he helped her in reaching the upper decks during the last moments of the sinking: [The Lusitania] exploded and down came her funnels, so over I jumped. I had a terrible time in the water, 41/2 hours bashing about among the wreckage and dead bodies... It was 10.30 before they landed me at the hospital in an unconscious condition. In fact, they piled me with a boat full of dead and it was only when they were carrying the dead bodies to the Mortuary that they discovered there was still life in me. AUTHOR: Anthony Richards has worked at the Imperial War Museum for more twenty years where he is responsible for the document and sound archives. A qualified archivist he has contributed to many publications and media projects based on personal written testimony of the two world wars, including articles for The Telegraph newspaper, the Royal Mail stamp yearbook, and the ITV series The Great War: The People's Story (2014). He is also the author of The Somme: A Visual History and In Their Own Words; Untold Stories of the First World War (both IWM, 2016) and Documents That Changed History (IWM, 2018).Product IdentifiersPublisherGreen Hill BooksISBN-139781784383015eBay Product ID (ePID)20046586631Product Key FeaturesAuthorAnthony RichardsPublication NameThe Lusitania Sinking: Eyewitness Accounts from SurvivorsFormatHardcoverLanguageEnglishSubjectGovernment, HistoryPublication Year2019TypeTextbookNumber of Pages280 PagesDimensionsItem Height234 mmItem Width156 mmAdditional Product FeaturesCountry/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom