{"product_id":"thunderstruck-9781400080670","title":"Thunderstruck","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Larson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, \u003c\/i\u003e which examines how Winston Churchill and his \"Secret Circle\" went about surviving the German air campaign of 1940-41. Larson's \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e is set to be a Hulu limited series; his \u003ci\u003eIn the Garden of Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e is under option by Tom Hanks for a feature film. He recently published an audio-original ghost story, \u003ci\u003eNo One Goes Alone\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been optioned by Chernin Entertainment, in association with Netflix. His \u003ci\u003eThunderstruck\u003c\/i\u003e has been optioned by Sony Pictures Television for a limited TV series. Larson lives in Manhattan with his wife, who is a writer and retired neonatologist; they have three grown daughters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50569200075026,"sku":"9781400080670","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48936826-e067-4608-81ce-c9d8b5c66dc3.jpg?v=1731954959","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thunderstruck-9781400080670","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}