On May 7, 1915, during the First World War, a German submarine attacked without warning and sank the ocean liner "Lusitania", causing the death of hundreds of passengers.
In modern times, this was the first time that a civilian ship had been attacked in this way: reactions to this led, within a year, to the entry of the United States into the war - which succeeded in unbalancing the balance of forces, and subsequently caused the German defeat.
The sinking is the subject of the book, which is written as a narrative based on numerous existing documents and testimonies. Around the main fact, the author tells the stories of the protagonists.
The book tries to be as aseptic as possible, and not hurt any susceptibility. Despite the violence of the act of war, it does not contain violent descriptions.
The book is long, but the author leaves some questions unanswered: why the Lusitania was not protected by an escort destroyer, and what ship design errors made it possible for a single torpedo to sink a 20,000-ton ship.