The Sinking of the Lusitania: A Survivor’s Story

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The next in the series of free community lectures organised by Swansea University’s Department of Adult Continuing Education (DACE), College of Arts and Humanities, will take place on Thursday 12 March.

Lecture title: The Sinking of the Lusitania: A Survivor’s Story

Speaker: Professor Angela V. John

Date: Thursday 12 March

Time: 3.45 pm - 5.30 pm

Venue: The Discovery Room, Swansea Central Library, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN

Admission: Free of charge, all welcome. To book a place or for further information please call 01792 602211, or email: adult.education@swansea.ac.uk (N.B. the lecture venue will not be taking bookings).

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Margaret Mackworth, the future Lady Rhondda was aboard the luxury liner, the Lusitania when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat nearly a century ago. Her biographer Professor Angela V. John tells the tale of her narrow escape.