Seven days in May: a novel of the Lusitania
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), War stories
Human-narrated audio
Summary
As the First World War rages in continental Europe, two New York heiresses, Sydney and Brooke Sinclair, are due to set sail for England. Brooke is engaged to marry impoverished aristocrat Edward Thorpe-Tracey, the future Lord Northbrook, while Sydney is… drawn to the burgeoning suffragette movement. As international tempers flare, the German embassy releases a warning that any ships making the Atlantic crossing are at risk. Meanwhile, in London, Isabel Nelson, a young woman grateful to have escaped her blemished reputation in Oxford, has found employment at the British Admiralty in the mysterious Room 40. It isn’t long before her skills in codes and cyphers are called on, and she learns a devastating truth. 2017.