{"product_id":"thunderstruck-9781400080663","title":"Thunderstruck","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Erik Larson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Murder - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA true story of love, murder, and the end of the world's \"great hush.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThunderstruck\u003c\/i\u003e, Erik 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 during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, \u003ci\u003eThunderstruck\u003c\/i\u003e evokes 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: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, \"the kindest of men,\" nearly commits the perfect murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his unparalleled narrative skills, Erik Larson guides us through a relentlessly suspenseful chase over 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 inventor who transformed the way we communicate.","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45159634403479,"sku":"9781400080663","price":2460.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781400080663.webp?v=1767664940","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/thunderstruck-9781400080663","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}