Before Titanic, there was Lusitania... 

FINAL SIGNED & NUMBERED COPIES

• Limited Edition
• Hand-signed by the authors Tad Fitch, J. Kent Layton, Thomas Lynskey, Michael Poirier, and Levi Rourke

Originally limited to 500 copies, but when our current stock is sold out, no additional signed copies will be produced!

HIGH PRAISE FOR VOLUME ONE:

• "... the definitive book on the Lusitania!" -- DP
• "You won't find a better book about the Lusitania. This is as good as it gets." -- ML
• "... a celebration of the [Lusitania] and her peacetime career". -- DC

• Hardback with dustjacket
• 208 pages.
• Featuring full colour throughout.
• Featuring 211 photographs and illustrations, many never before published.
• Included among these, the book showcases 48 all-new artistic renderings of Lusitania from the the team behind the upcoming HFX Studios Virtual Museum Experience Lusitania: The Greyhound's Wake.

A Note From The Authors

After years of research, archival work, and collaboration with HFX Studios, we created what we believe is the most visually comprehensive history of Lusitania ever published.

These remaining signed and numbered copies come directly from our personal stock and represent the final opportunity to purchase this edition directly from the authors.

Description:

On 7 May 1915, one of the most beloved and legendary liners of the North Atlantic was torpedoed by a German U-boat, taking 1,187 of her passengers and crew to an untimely demise. She had become a victim of the First World War, the most brutal conflict the world had yet seen.

Lusitania: An Illustrated Biography is a comprehensive two-part look at her entire story, from her origins in the shipyards of Clydebank to her terrible, tragic end. It reveals her as she has never been seen before through words, historical photos, and breath-taking computer animations.

Volume One: Life of a Greyhound tells how Lusitania came to be built, shows her construction, discusses her technical marvels, and reveals her incredible seven-and-a-half-year career. The liner is once more heralded as a triumph of the Edwardian Era. As you feel her magic stir in these pages, you will see why passengers travelled on her again and again, even after larger and more comfortable liners like White Star’s Olympic and Titanic came on the scene.

Prepare to take a journey back in time. Step aboard one of the largest, fastest and most beloved ocean liners of all time, and relive her complete history in all its splendour...

Notes:

1. Numbers will be assigned in the order in which orders are placed.
2. Due to the expenses and other limitations of international shipping, we are currently only offering copies to customers within the United States. We would suggest that international customers order directly from the publisher, or from reputable retail outlets.