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Horror at sea. The Lusitania is turning onto its starboard side and sinking in 18 minutes. See it in Liverpool, England this summer. Lusitania

Lusitania cushion. Miss Dora Benley probably sat on this cushion while dining aboard the Lusitania in May of 1915. All these small details are incorporated into Key to Lawrence Special Edition. Lusitania cushion

Lusitania propeller is one of the artifacts that survives from the sinking on May 7, 1915. You can see it on display right now in Liverpool. Lusitania’s propeller

This Lusitania paper fan could have belonged to Miss Dora Benley who boarded the Lusitania on May 1, 1915 for its last voyage. It’s now being displayed in Liverpool. Dora’s Fan

Lusitania deckchair on displaying at the Maritime Museum in Liverpool makes the sinking 100 years ago seem all too real. We imagine sitting on deck scanning the horizon for any sign of a U-boat or the wake of a torpedo… Continue Reading →

Lusitania German medallions. Struck by the Germans, these medallions are now on display in Liverpool. They illustrate the belligerent atmosphere in 1915. Indeed German saboteurs are discovered aboard the ship in Key to Lawrence Special Edition. Lusitania medal

The Lusitania with her five smokestacks figures prominently in the first 70p of Key to Lawrence Special Edition, an historical thriller about the sinking. This picture is now being displayed in Liverpool at the Maritime Museum. Lusitania

You will find that the first 70p of Key to Lawrence Special Edition read like a Who’s Who aboard the Last Voyage Of The Lusitania. The only fictional characters are Miss Dora Benley and her parents. This picture is being… Continue Reading →

On Friday, March 27 the major exhibition Lusitania: Life, Loss, Legacy opened at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool in England. On display are objects from the ship which I am also going to post over the next few days… Continue Reading →

Dora gazed up at him sadly. This was the man she waited nineteen years to marry, for whom she forsook her first husband, for whom she once sailed to Europe after the Great War to go to the Paris Peace… Continue Reading →