The Last Farewell: A Novel - Hardcover

McCutchan, Philip

9780312054588: The Last Farewell: A Novel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312054580 ISBN 13: 9780312054588

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1991

A captain must lead his ocean liner to an uncertain fate in a 1915 Atlantic crossing after word is received that German forces will sink any ship, civilian or military, they encounter

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About the Author:

Philip McCutchan served on various British war ships during WWII. Afterwards, he concentrated on writing, publishing more than 80 books, including the fifteen-book ""Halfhyde"" series.

From Publishers Weekly:

Any similarity between the fictional British liner Laurentia and the real-life Lusitania is probably intentional, as the skilled McCutchan (Halfhyde, Cameron and Convoy series) suspensefully tells of the doomed ship's 1915 New York-England crossing. The Western front stalemate, the looming Dardanelles disaster and the U-boat blockade are wreaking havoc on Britain and France. President Wilson tries to maintain U.S. neutrality while prime minister Asquith angles for an American loan if not belligerency, and Germany announces that all Allied vessels, including civilian ships, are at risk in war zones. Laurentia skipper William Pacey, who knows that his unarmed luxury liner carries war material, is stymied by the Admiralty's refusal to provide war-zone escorts. We know first lord of the Admiralty Churchill and first sea lord Fisher are conspiring to bring the U.S. into the war: "women and children" casualties may do the trick. The Grand Hotel cast of Brits, Yanks and other nationals is handled neatly, if not with much depth, by a master storyteller.
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