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Title: The Ship of Death

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Title: The Ship of Death Title Record # 2199186
Author: Edward Stilgebauer
Date: 1918-00-00
Variant Title of: Das Schiff des Todes [German] (1917) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note: Translated by Michael Sadleir Title page of the 1918 Brentano's edition (US) states "Authorized translation by M. T. H. Sadler" (viewed at HathiTrust). That is, by Michael Sadleir (1888–1957), LCCN n80046312. SFE3 gives full title The Ship of Death: A Novel of the War. It also lists "New York: Brentano's, 1918" as the 1st ed., and that edition displays the short title (title page viewed at HathiTrust). WorldCat record OCLC 771847601 suggests that the Constable edition (UK) title page displays essentially this:   The Ship of Death   A Novel of the War   (Authorised Translation)
Synopsis: Das Schiff des Todes (1917; trans M T H Sadler as The Ship of Death: A Novel of the War 1918) traces the passage of the great liner Gigantic in its Ship of Fools passage eastwards across the Atlantic, until it is sunk after a mysterious personage, who has claimed the ship will not sink while he is on board, and whose sway over his fellow passengers may be due to Telepathy, leaves the ship at Brent, and the ship is torpedoed by a German submarine; to this point, analogies with the sinking of the Lusitania are visible, if distracted by plotting. In the second half, the captain of the submarine, as punishment, is subjected to thirteen successive Reincarnations, and is unable to die properly (see Wandering Jew). The overblown intensities of this tale perhaps demonstrate the difficulty of grasping so close to the event the realities of the Great War." (underscore represents linked cross-reference) --SFE3, biographical entry by John Clute
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Ship of Death 1918-00-00 Edward Stilgebauer Brentano's     232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Ship of Death 1918-00-00 Edward Stilgebauer Constable & Co. Ltd.     279
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
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