Night To Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account Of The Sinking Of The Titanic

Description

"There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers." (Phillip Franklin, White Star Line Vice-President). On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. Walter Lord's classic bestselling history of the voyage, the wreck and the aftermath is a tour de force of detailed investigation and the upstairs/downstairs divide. "A Night to Remember" provides a vivid, gripping and deeply personal account of the 'unsinkable' Titanic's descent. It comes with a new foreword by Julian Fellowes.

Reviews

A stunning book, incomparably the best on its subject New York Times Walter single-handedly revived interest in the Titanic...an electrifying book John Maxtone-Graham, maritime historian and author Absolutely gripping and unputdownable David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Devotion, gallantry...Benjamin Guggenheim changing to evening clothes to meet death; Mrs. Isador Straus clinging to her husband, refusing to get in a lifeboat; Arthur Ryerson giving his life belt to his wife's maid...A book to remember Chicago Tribune Seamless and skilful...it's clear why this is many a researcher's Titanic bible Entertainment Weekly Enthralling from the first word to the last The Atlantic Monthly Moving and extremely well-documented Oxford Mail