Thunderstruck

Resource Information

The work Thunderstruck represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nesmith Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Thunderstruck

Statement of responsibility

Erik Larson

Creator

• Larson, Erik, 1954-

Contributor

• OverDrive, Inc

Subject

• Electronic books
• Inventors -- Italy -- Biography
• Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937
• Murder -- England | London -- Case studies
• Murder -- Investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies
• Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910
• Telegraph, Wireless -- Marconi system | History
• Murderers -- England | London -- Biography

Genre

• Case studies
• Electronic books
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

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

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

OCLCE

Dewey number

364.152/309421

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

HV6248.C75

LC item number

L37 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography