Titanic Tragedy: A New Look at the Lost Liner

Not what most people expected. But, a charming read nonetheless! M. Neels Any ocean liner history buff is familiar with the name John Maxtone Graham. As the author of "The Only Way to Cross," he is best known on both sides of the Atlantic for his chronicling of the long-lost lifestyle of Atlantic travel that dominated the early decades of the twentieth century. Not only in print, Graham has also been featured in numerous televised documentaries--many of which cover the most famous ocean liner in history, the Titanic. And while Graham is not necessarily a Titanic historian, he is nonetheless familiar enough with that tragedy to write on it with some authority (after all, he did personally edit the memoirs of one o. wyngate1 said Great Addition to My Titanic Collection!!!. A great book to add to my collection! Thanks for offering this, including fast shipment!. Five Stars Great deal and great read thanks.

Richly written and vividly detailed, this is the book Titanic buffs have been waiting for.. Rather than offering simply a detailed retelling of the Titanic's sinking on her maiden voyage, John Maxtone-Graham devotes his considerable knowledge and impeccable prose to a discussion of salient, provocative, and rarely investigated components of the story, including dramatic survivors' accounts of the events of the fateful night, the role of newly invented wireless telecommunication in the disaster, the construction and its ramifications at the famous Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, and the dawn rendezvous with the rescue ship Carpathia. This is an audiobook unlike any other