{"product_id":"the-coal-black-sea-winston-churchill-and-the-worst-naval-catastrophe-of-the-first-world-war-hardcover","title":"The Coal Black Sea: Winston Churchill and the Worst Naval Catastrophe of the First World War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStuart Heaver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the morning of 22 September 1914, just six weeks into the First World War, three Royal Navy armoured cruisers were sunk by a German U-boat in the southern North Sea.\u003c\/b\u003e The action lasted less than 90 minutes but the lives of 1,459 men and boys were lost - more than the British losses at the Battle of Trafalgar or in the sinking of RMS \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet, curiously, few have ever heard of the incident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coal Black Sea\u003c\/i\u003e tells the extraordinary true story of the disaster from the perspectives of the men serving on HMS \u003ci\u003eAboukir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCressy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the German submariners who orchestrated the attack. It also examines how the ignominious loss provoked widespread criticism of the highly ambitious First Lord of the Admiralty, the 39-year-old Winston Churchill. While the families of the victims grieved, Churchill succeeded in playing down the significance of the disaster and shifted the blame to those serving at sea to save his faltering career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a range of official and archival records, Stuart Heaver exposes this false narrative and corrects over a century of misinformation to honour those who lost their lives in the worst naval catastrophe of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer naval officer STUART HEAVER is a professional journalist and features writer with a special interest in maritime affairs and maritime history. His work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098481189088,"sku":"9780750999601","price":43.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/OzNU-RTrai9780750999601.webp?v=1781694438","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-coal-black-sea-winston-churchill-and-the-worst-naval-catastrophe-of-the-first-world-war-hardcover","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}