Lusitania (56 page)
Authors: Greg King
A First Class menu from April 6, 1915, almost exactly one month prior to the sinking. (Michael Poirier Collection)
First Class passenger Robert J. Timmis, a British cotton broker living in Gainesville, Texas. Shown here with his children in 1913. (Courtesy of Rick Timmis)
First Class passenger Beatrice “Trixie” Witherbee and her son, Alfred, at the beach, circa 1914. (Courtesy of Mary Jolivet and the Michael Poirier Collection)
Second Class passengers Barbara Anderson and her mother, Emily, at the beach, circa 1914. (Michael Poirier Collection)
Kapitänleutnant Walther von Schwieger, commander of the submarine U-20. He disliked the honorific “von” and seldom used it. (Private Collection)
Extremely wealthy philanthropist, sportsman, socialite, and ladies’ man, First Class passenger Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. (Private Collection)
Canadian Lady Allan with her younger daughters, Anna and Gwen, about 1905. (McCord Museum Collection)
Showing her beautiful lines, the
Lusitania
in dock around 1907. (Private Collection)
On November 4, 1916, the U-20 ran aground on the Danish coast with damaged engines; her crew destroyed her by blowing her up the next day. (Private Collection)
GREG KING
is the author of thirteen internationally published works of history, specializing in late Imperial Russia and in social history. A frequent contributor and onscreen expert for historical documentaries, he serves as editor-in-chief of the bimonthly
European Royal History Journal,
and his work has appeared in
Majesty
magazine,
Royalty
magazine,
Royalty Digest Quarterly, Atlantis
magazine, and the
European Royal History Journal.
His newest book is
The Assassination of the Archduke.
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PENNY WILSON
is the author of three internationally published works of history devoted to late Imperial Russia. Her historical work has appeared in
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Atlantis
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Royalty Digest Quarterly
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ALSO BY
GREG KING
Wallis: The Uncommon Life of the Duchess of Windsor
Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year
A Season in Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York
The Court of the Last Tsar: Pomp, Power and Pageantry in the Reign of Nicholas II
The Mad King: A Biography of Ludwig II of Bavaria
The Man Who Killed Rasputin: Prince Felix Youssoupov and the Murder That Helped End the Russian Empire
The Last Empress: Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia
ALSO BY
GREG KING
AND
PENNY WILSON
The Resurrection of the Romanovs: Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the World’s Greatest Royal Mystery
The Fate of the Romanovs
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LUSITANIA.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
King, Greg, 1964–
Lusitania: triumph, tragedy, and the end of the Edwardian age / Greg King and Penny Wilson. — First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-250-05254-4 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-7637-8 (e-book)
1. Lusitania (Steamship) 2. Shipwreck victims—North Atlantic Ocean—Anecdotes. 3. Ocean travel—North Atlantic Ocean—Anecdotes. 4. Upper class—Social life and customs—20th century. 5. Upper class—United States—Biography. I. Wilson, Penny, 1966– II. Title.