Wilful Murder

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"Wilful Murder is the story of the sinking of the Lusitania. The first book to look at events in their full historical context, it is also the first to place the human dimension at its heart. Using first-hand accounts of the tragedy, Diana Preston brings the characters to life, recreating the splendour of the Cunard luxury liner as she set sail from New York and the horror of her final moments. Using British, American and German research material, Diana Preston answers many of the unsolved, controversial questions surrounding the Lusitania: why didn't Cunard listen to warnings that the ship would be a target of the Germans? Was the Lusitania sacrificed in order to bring the Americans into the war? What was really in the Lusitania's hold? Was the verdict of wilful murder, from the inquest held the day after the sinking, justified? And did the Kaiser's decision to cease unrestricted U-boat warfare in response to international outrage at the sinking effectively change the outcome of the First World War?"--Jacket