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Erik Larson

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Thunderstruck

By Erik Larson

The story of the notorious Edwardian murderer, Dr Hawley Crippen, whose life and eventual capture was inexorably interwoven with that of Guglielmo Marconi and his invention: the wireless - this is narrative non-fiction at its commercial best.

Dead Wake

By Erik Larson

History

On 1 May 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool. The passengers - including a record number of children and infants - were anxious. Germany had…