The Last Cruise of the Emden

The Amazing True WWI Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew

Edwin P Hoyt author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Publishing:7th Apr '26

£17.99

This title is due to be published on 7th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Last Cruise of the Emden cover

The Last Cruise of the Emden is the true story of one of the most extraordinary and little-known escapades of World War I. On August 2, 1914, the Emden, a German light cruiser, was steaming peacefully off the China coast when over its wireless came the message that the German Empire was at war. The ship was made ready for action. Sailing to the Indian Ocean under orders, the Emden sank some twenty merchant vessels - most of them British - a Russian cruiser, and a French destroyer.
What followed was a six-month voyage that took the Emden and its crew halfway around the world, fighting heroic battles both on land and at sea, culminating in a dramatic journey across the Arabian desert, which saw the crew survive attacks of malaria, typhus, dysentery, and the murderous onslaught of Lawrence of Arabia's bedouin tribesmen.

Altogether engrossing, tautly told bit of history.

* The New York Tim

ISBN: 9781493090389

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 340g

248 pages