Gilded lives, fatal voyage
Subtitle: the Titanic's first-class passengers and their world
By: by Hugh Brewster
Publisher: Robson; Robson Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781849541794
Subjects: Shipwrecks; Shipwreck victims; Titanic (Steamship)
Description: 'Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage' is a fresh take on the subject of the Titanic through the prism of her first class passengers, woven into a gripping account of the ship's short life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: A rare gathering; title: At the Cherbourg quay; title: A nomadic hiatus; title: The Palm Room; title: "Queer lot of people"; title: Queenstown; title: Fellow travelers; title: Private lives; title: Shipboard coteries; title: Designing woman; title: A calm Sunday; title: The last evening; title: Collision and after; title: To the lifeboats; title: The final minutes; title: Voices in the night; title: The ship of sorrow; title: Two continents stirred; title: Postscript: Titanic after-lives.