RMS Titanic
Subtitle: gilded lives on a fatal voyage
By: Hugh Brewster
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Collins
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781443405317; 9781443405300
Subjects: Titanic (Navire a vapeur); Shipwrecks; Titanic (Steamship); Naufrages
Description: The "unsinkable subject", the story of the RMS Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage, has become one of the world's most iconic parables. Author Hugh Brewster has written extensively on the subject, but in this book he draws on new research and weaves a dramatic story of the crossing, with compelling portraits of the people on board - those who survived and those who tragically lost their lives - allowing us to place ourselves on that sloping deck and as, "What would we do?". A timely publication - the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is upcoming in April 2012.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue --; title: A Rare Gathering -- -- 1.; title: At the Cherbourg Quay -- -- 2.; title: A Nomadic Hiatus -- -- 3.; title: The Palm Room -- -- 4.; title: "Queer Lot of People" -- -- 5.; title: Queenstown -- -- 6.; title: Fellow Travelers -- -- 7.; title: Private Lives -- -- 8.; title: Shipboard Coteries -- -- 9.; title: Designing Woman -- -- 10.; title: A Calm Sunday -- -- 11.; title: The Last Evening -- -- 12.; title: Collision and After -- -- 13.; title: To the Lifeboats -- -- 14.; title: The Final Minutes -- -- 15.; title: Voices in the Night -- -- 16.; title: The Ship of Sorrow -- -- 17.; title: Two Continents Stirred --; title: Postscript --; title: Titanic Afterlives --; title: Notes --; title: Appendix A --; title: Appendix B --; title: Bibliography --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Photograph and Illustration Credits --; title: Index.