Wilful Murder by Diana Preston6/1/2023 ![]() ![]() Using first-hand accounts of the tragedy Diana Preston brings the characters to life, recreating the splendour of the liner as it set sail and the horror of its final moments. The first book to look at the events in their full historical context, it is also the first to place the human dimension at its heart. ![]() The liner was the Lusitania and it was torpedoed by a German U-boat.Wilful Murder is the hugely compelling story of the sinking of the Lusitania. But this wasn't the Titanic and there was no iceberg. On board were some world-famous figures, including multimillionaire Alfred Vanderbilt. ![]() ![]() On May 7th, 1915 a passenger ship crossing the Atlantic sank with the loss of 1200 lives. ![]()
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