Occupied France offers literary response

UCC French lecturer Prof Grace Neville recounts how the sinking of the Lusitania shocked France

Occupied France offers literary response
Tue, 05 May, 2015 - 01:00

In May 1915, the war that was to end by the previous Christmas was still raging.

Then, on May 7, a speedy resolution to the conflict looked further away than ever when news broke of the sinking of the Lusitania off the Irish coast.

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