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Thunderstruck / Erik Larson

By:

Larson, Erik

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Crown Publishers , c2006.Description: ix, 463 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781400080663

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DDC classification:

364.1523 LAR

Contents:

Summary: Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen murdered his wife and tried to escape London on a ship to America in the early twentieth century. He was caught in part due to the new invention of the wireless by Guglielmo Marconi, which was used on the ship. Larson draws from letters, memoirs, Scotland Yard reports, and other documents in telling the story and filling in its historical context of the Edwardian era.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	364.1523 LAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		031115

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Maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-443) and index.

The mysterious passengers -- Ghosts and gunfire -- Betrayal -- Secrets -- An inspector calls -- The finest time -- Pursuit by thunder -- Epilogue: into the ether.

Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen murdered his wife and tried to escape London on a ship to America in the early twentieth century. He was caught in part due to the new invention of the wireless by Guglielmo Marconi, which was used on the ship. Larson draws from letters, memoirs, Scotland Yard reports, and other documents in telling the story and filling in its historical context of the Edwardian era.

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