A Greyhound's Downfall

Pre-order the long-awaited Volume 2 of Lusitania: An Illustrated Biography!

UK Release date: 1 May 2025 (subject to change)
Note: This is a pre-order page. Our release and shipment date will coincide closely with the UK release date above.

• Hardback with dustjacket
• 208 pages.
• Special signed and numbered limited edition (limited to only 500 copies).
• Featuring full colour throughout.
• Featuring 241 photographs and illustrations, many never before published.
• Included among these, the book showcases 56 all-new artistic renderings of Lusitania from the the team behind the upcoming HFX Studios Virtual Museum Experience Lusitania: The Greyhound's Wake.
• Hand-signed by all of the authors.
• Includes a special custom bookmark.
• Includes a certificate of authenticity.

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 1,191 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 Two: A Greyhound's Downfall tells the story of how Lusitania adapted to the uncertainties of World War One. It tells the events of her final, 202nd crossing of the Atlantic, in vivid detail, through words and pictures. The book also puts you there, in the very moment that this triumph of the Edwardian Era met the realities of wartime head-on, and the great tragedy that resulted. You will see how rumors, myths, the fog of war, bad research, and conspiracy theories have created a veritable minefield of inaccuracies in the decades during which Lusitania's story has been told since that beautiful day in May 1915. Prepare to learn about the end of Lusitania's legendary career in a way that you never have before.

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. For those who have purchased signed and numbered copies of Volume One directly through this site, we will be trying to match your Volume One numbers with your Volume Two pre-orders. However, we can not guarantee this due to a host of circumstances.
2. Price does NOT include customs duties and taxes, and must be paid by the buyer. If customs are not paid and the item is returned to us, return shipping will be deducted from any possible refund.
3. If you do not see your country listed as an available country to ship to, please contact us to see if we can add it; however, we do not ship to China or Russia at this time.