03856cam a2200565 4500 761771790 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 100809s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307351920 electronic bk. : Adobe Reader 0307351920 electronic bk. : Adobe Reader B000JMKR4S Amazon 78e649ac-07e5-4cc5-8296-5d422a7e602b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 94931 OverDrive (Product ID) 98117 98117 98117 (OCoLC)654787691 OCLCE eng OCLCE TEFOD OCLCA OCLCQ TXN TxAuBib Larson, Erik. Thunderstruck. Thunderstruck [Libby] / Erik Larson. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, 2006. 1 online resource (ix, 463 p.) : ill., maps. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3278kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-443) and index. The mysterious passengers -- Ghosts and gunfire -- Betrayal -- Secrets -- An inspector calls -- The finest time -- Pursuit by thunder -- Epilogue : into the ether -- Coda : voyager. 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. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Imported from MARC file. Crippen, Hawley Harvey 1862-1910. Marconi, Guglielmo marchese 1874-1937. Murderers England London Biography. Murder England London Case studies. Murder Investigation Great Britain Case studies. Inventors Italy Biography. Telegraph, Wireless Marconi system History. Electronic books. http://hadc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=78E649AC-07E5-4CC5-8296-5D422A7E602B https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/78E/649/AC/Thunderstruck9780307351920.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=78E649AC-07E5-4CC5-8296-5D422A7E602B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/78E/649/AC/Thunderstruck9780307351920.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=78E649AC-07E5-4CC5-8296-5D422A7E602B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/78E/649/AC/Thunderstruck9780307351920.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=78E649AC-07E5-4CC5-8296-5D422A7E602B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8