Titanic: Victims & Villains
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (617 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752445707 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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The creation of heroes where they did not exist offers us insights, in throwing off the blanket of boasting a century later, that bring history's most famous shipwreck back into sharper focus. This book also looks at the offered sacrificial victims of the time, in particular the character of Captain Stanley Lord of the Californian, the man charged with abandoning 1,500 people to their fate. Backed up with a new photographic archives and bolstered by a series of contemporary extracts to support its arguments, this is Titanic history presented in an entirely new and authentic light.. We see into the nature of prejudice, social values, and the overriding political and national considerations of the time
. He has written many books and articles on the Titanic and is considered one of the world's experts on the disaster that changed maritime history. Senan Molony lives in Dublin and is a journalist on a major Irish newspaper. His last book was a new history of the Titanic and the Californian
"A new perspective" according to Ray Wishart. I thought I knew the Titanic story pretty good, but since we are visiting Halifax soon I thought I would try to find out more about the victims. This book is more about the survivors, if they could be called that, but I found it to be fascinating. It's lengthy, but each chapter is almost a new story dealing with different people. I'm not sure it was all stuff I needed to know but it's great trivial knowledge that cert. R. Lepien said Controversial to some - but an eye opener!. A well researched volume - bound to be controversial in some "Titanic" circles - but taking a hard look at the facts may change your mind how you perceived things over the years concerning the "Titanic" disaster.. excellent reading for diehard Titanic buffs taylor3388 The book deepens the tale of the magnificent ship of dreams that still holds us captive. Reading about various aspects of the ship and it's passengers is interesting and many details are brought to the readers attention.
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