A Greyhound's Downfall

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 TWO:

• "Superb. ... It is crammed from cover to cover with previously unseen photographs, CGIs and first hand survivor accounts. ... This book is a must have for all maritime collectors." -- GW.
• "... a new benchmark. ... The volume is lavishly illustrated." -- CS
• "With this book ..., [the] authors have completely redefined what is now possible." -- ML

• Hardback with dustjacket
• 208 pages.
• 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.

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 orders. However, we can not guarantee this due to a host of circumstances.
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.