Critical Hours

7 May 1915.

The Irish coast is finally in sight.

Passengers aboard RMS Lusitania relax on deck chairs, write letters home, and prepare for the final stage of their Atlantic crossing.

The voyage is almost over.

At least, that is what they believe.

Beneath the Atlantic, a German submarine is already moving into position.

One torpedo.

Eighteen minutes.

A disaster that would reverberate around the world.

Through survivor testimony, official investigations, and meticulous historical reconstruction, Bill Stewart recreates the final twenty-four hours of the Lusitania in extraordinary detail.

Not simply how she sank.

But how ordinary people experienced history as it happened.

AUTHOR BIO

Bill Stewart is a Scottish author specialising in narrative nonfiction, intelligence history, maritime history, espionage, and historical investigations.

Drawing upon a lifelong connection to ships, the sea, and historical research, he writes immersive historical reconstructions that place readers at the centre of events that changed the world.

He is the creator of the Critical Hours series.

OTHER BOOKS IN THE CRITICAL HOURS SERIES

Book 1

Lusitania: The Final Twenty-Four Hours

Coming Soon

Titanic: The Final Forty-Eight Hours

HMS Hood: The Final Eight Minutes

The Hindenburg: The Final Day

Pearl Harbor: The Morning That Changed the Pacific

Critical Hours -LUSITANIA: The Final 24 Hours

From the series: Critical Hours

At 2:10 p.m. on 7 May 1915, a single torpedo struck RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland.

Eighteen minutes later, one of the most famous passenger liners in the world had vanished beneath the Atlantic.

More than 1,100 people were dead.

The disaster shocked the world.

But what happened during the final twenty-four hours before impact?

In this...

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