Thunderstruck Audiobook (Free)

A true tale of love, murder, and the finish from the world’s “great hush.”

In Thunderstruck, 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.

Occur Edwardian London and about the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those about Thunderstruck years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, quickest ocean liners; technological advances dazzled the public with visions of a global transformed; and the wealthy outdid each other with ostentatious shows of wealth. Against this history, Marconi races against amazing odds and relentless skepticism to master his invention: the wireless, a excellent catalyst for the emergence of the globe we know today. On the other hand, Crippen, “the kindest of men,” almost commits the perfect murder.

With his unparalleled narrative skills, Erik Larson guides us through a relentlessly suspenseful chase on the waters of the North Atlantic. Along the way, he tells of a sad and tragic romance that was defined on leading pages of newspapers all over the world, a main inspector who discovered himself strangely sympathetic to the killer and his enthusiast, and a driven and powerful inventor who transformed just how we communicate.