Erik Larson to Write About the Lusitania.

Just as the publishing industry has finished marking the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking with dozens of related books, at least one publisher is looking ahead to another anniversary: the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat during World War I. Crown Publishers, part of Random House, said on Friday that it had acquired a nonfiction book by Erik Larson, the author of ''The Devil in the White City,'' that will ''offer a fresh take'' on the sinking. The attack, on May 7, 1915, killed nearly 1,200 people, including more than 100 Americans. It fueled anti-German sentiment in the United States, although America did not enter the war for another two years. The book, tentatively titled ''Sea of Secrets,'' will be published in 2015. Mr. Larson's latest book, ''In the Garden of Beasts,'' was released in May 2011 and has sold more than 900,000 copies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]