{"product_id":"thunderstruck-larson","title":"Thunderstruck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - An \"irresistible\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) true story of love, murder, and the last moments of the \"great hush\" before wireless radio connected the world, from the renowned author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Demon of Unrest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gripping . . . an edge-of-the-seat read.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThunderstruck,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eErik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication--whose lives intersect at the turn of the twentieth century during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThunderstruck\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eevokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest ocean liners, scientific advances dazzled the public with visions of a world transformed, and the rich outdid one another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this background, Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: wireless communication, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, \"the kindest of men,\" nearly commits the perfect crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith his superb narrative skills, Erik Larson guides these parallel narratives toward a relentlessly suspenseful meeting on the waters of the North Atlantic. Along the way, he tells of a sad and tragic love affair that was described on the front pages of newspapers around the world, a chief inspector who found himself strangely sympathetic to the killer and his lover, and a driven and compelling innovator who transformed the way we communicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThunderstruck\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003epresents a vibrant portrait of the era of séances, science, and fog, inhabited by inventors, magicians, and Scotland Yard detectives, all presided over by the amiable and fun-loving Edward VII as the world slid inevitably toward the first great war of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53844222247280,"sku":"9781400080670","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_2d4e3029-25fe-4e25-8076-28699ffe8775.jpg?v=1751464873","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/thunderstruck-larson","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}