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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.

Release Date
2006
Length
463 pages
Publisher
Bantam Press
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Our Review

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.

Author

Erik Larson