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010 _a 2006011908
020 _a9781400080670
_c(paperback)
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_cDLC
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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 0 0 _aHV6248.C75
_bL37 2006
100 1 _aLarson, Erik,
_d1954-
245 1 0 _aThunderstruck /
_cErik Larson.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bCrown Publishers,
_c©2006
300 _a463 pages
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aMaps on lining papers.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 437-443) and index.
505 0 _aThe mysterious passengers -- Ghosts and gunfire -- Betrayal -- Secrets -- An inspector calls -- The finest time -- Pursuit by thunder -- Epilogue : into the ether -- Coda : voyager.
520 _aTells the interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication--whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian London, an era of séances, science, and fog, and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest ocean liners, scientific advances dazzled the public with visions of a world transformed, and the rich outdid one another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this background, Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, "the kindest of men," nearly commits the perfect crime--From publisher description
600 1 0 _aCrippen, Hawley Harvey,
_d1862-1910.
600 1 0 _aMarconi, Guglielmo,
_cmarchese,
_d1874-1937.
650 0 _aMurderers
_zEngland
_zLondon
_vBiography.
650 0 _aMurder
_zEngland
_zLondon
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aMurder
_xInvestigation
_zGreat Britain
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aInventors
_zItaly
_vBiography.
650 0 _aTelegraph, Wireless
_xMarconi system
_xHistory.
655 7 _aBiographies.
_2lcgft
655 7 _aCase studies.
_2lcgft
655 0 _aPrint books.
_94
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_cBOOKS
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