| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 463 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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The mysterious passengers -- Ghosts and gunfire -- Betrayal -- Secrets -- An inspector calls -- The finest time -- Pursuit by thunder -- Epilogue : into the ether -- Coda : voyager. |
| Summary |
Tells the interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication--whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian London, an era of séances, science, and fog, and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest ocean liners, scientific advances dazzled the public with visions of a world transformed, and the rich outdid one another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this background, Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, "the kindest of men," nearly commits the perfect crime.--From publisher description. |
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A portrait of the Edwardian era recounts two parallel stories--the case of Dr. Hawley Crippen, who murdered his wife and fled to America, and Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless communication--as the new technology is used to capture a killer. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-443) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910.
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Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937.
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Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910. |
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Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937. |
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Murderers -- England -- London -- Biography.
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Murder -- England -- London -- Case studies.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
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Inventors -- Italy -- Biography.
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Telegraph, Wireless -- Marconi system -- History.
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Inventors. |
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Murder. |
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Murder -- Investigation. |
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Murderers. |
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Telegraph, Wireless -- Marconi system. |
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Nonfiction. |
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History. |
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Technology. |
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England -- London. |
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Great Britain. |
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Italy. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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Case studies.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Larson, Erik, 1954- Thunderstruck New York : Crown Publishers, c2006 9781400080663 (DLC) 2006011908 (OCoLC)67392598 |
| ISBN |
9780307351920 : $51.00 |
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0307351920 : $51.00 |
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