Thunderstruck, Erik Larson
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Label
Thunderstruck, Erik Larson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-443) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Thunderstruck
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Erik Larson
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
Table Of Contents
The mysterious passengers -- Ghosts and gunfire -- Betrayal -- Secrets -- An inspector calls -- The finest time -- Pursuit by thunder -- Epilogue : into the ether -- Coda : voyager
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Criminal investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- Telegraph + History
- Murder + Investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910
- Homicide -- London (England) -- Case studies
- Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937
- Murder -- England -- London -- Case studies
- Telegraph, Wireless + Marconi system + History
- Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937
- Inventors -- Italy -- Biography
- Murderers -- England -- London -- Biography
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject11
- Criminal investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- Telegraph + History
- Murder + Investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910
- Homicide -- London (England) -- Case studies
- Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937
- Murder -- England -- London -- Case studies
- Telegraph, Wireless + Marconi system + History
- Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937
- Inventors -- Italy -- Biography
- Murderers -- England -- London -- Biography