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Author:

Larson, Erik.

Title:

Thunderstruck / Erik Larson.

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Publisher:

Three Rivers Press

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

ix, 463 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Marconi, Guglielmo,--marchese,--1874-1937.
Crippen, Hawley Harvey,--1862-1910.
Crippen, Hawley Harvey,--1862-1910.
Marconi, Guglielmo,--marchese,--1874-1937.
Murderers--London--London--Biography.
Murder--London--London--Case studies.
Murder--Investigation--Great Britain--Case studies.
Telegraph, Wireless--History.--History.
Inventors--Italy--Biography.
Homicide--London (England)--Case studies.
Criminal investigation--Great Britain--Case studies.
Inventors--Italy--Biography.
Telegraph--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-443) and index.

Contents:

The mysterious passengers -- Ghosts and gunfire -- Betrayal -- Secrets -- An inspector calls -- The finest time -- Pursuit by thunder -- Epilogue : into the ether -- Coda : voyager.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1400080673
9781400080670

Locations:

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APPC546 -- Wilson Memorial Library (Keota)

WEPA115 -- Marathon Public Library (Marathon) — 364.1 LAR

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