{"product_id":"2940169262759","title":"Thunderstruck (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA true story of love, murder, and the end of the world's \"great hush.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100436119792,"sku":"2940169262759","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169262759_p0.jpg?v=1763677311","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169262759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}