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| Genre/Form: | Biography Case studies |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Guglielmo Marconi, marchese; Hawley Harvey Crippen; Hawley Harvey Crippen; Guglielmo Marconi, marchese |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Erik Larson |
| ISBN: | 9781400080670 1400080673 |
| OCLC Number: | 148836996 |
| Description: | ix, 463 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | The mysterious passengers -- Ghosts and gunfire -- Betrayal -- Secrets -- An inspector calls -- The finest time -- Pursuit by thunder -- Epilogue : into the ether -- Coda : voyager. |
| Responsibility: | Erik Larson. |
Abstract:
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.
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