Attack the Lusitania!

Attack the Lusitania!
by Jerry Borrowman
Covenant Communications, 2011. 221 pgs. Historical Fiction

In April 1915 the sinking of the Lusitania, a passenger liner with nearly two thousand civilians aboard, by a German U-Boat, created an international outcry against Germany. This novel retells the story of the sinking of the Lusitania from the points of view of several fictional characters: the German submariners, an American businessman, and two English boys who work on the ship.

This book is really well-written historical fiction for anyone who loves reading detailed accounts of historic events. The author is LDS and one of the characters shares his religious beliefs with others, but these elements of the story are handled lightly and do not detract from the rest of the book. Sometimes it felt like there was too much description and not as much action, and some of the dialogue is stilted and unnatural, but generally this was a good read. I liked the characters and I feel like I learned a lot more about World War One.

JC