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"Dead Wake" Quotes
"Dead Wake" by Erik Larson chronicles the final voyage of the Lusitania, exploring the political, military, and human factors that led to its tragic sinking during World War I.
history | Published in 2015
Quotes
The world was full of more uncertainty than anyone could have imagined.
She was beautiful, a marvel of her age, and she was doomed.
War, after all, was not a matter of chivalry but of destruction.
The sea was calm, betraying nothing of the dangers lurking beneath.
They watched, helpless and transfixed, as the ship began to list.
Some believed that fate was already written, that there was no escaping it.
The silence after the explosion was more terrifying than the blast itself.
Even the most ordinary day could become extraordinary in a single instant.
The telegrams kept coming, but so did the questions.
He felt the weight of command, heavier now than ever before.