On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage & sank. Fifteen hundred passengers & crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck & continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down.

The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fiancée, Mary, was expecting their first child, the authors mother.

One hundred years later, Christopher Ward reveals a dramatic story of love, loss & betrayal, & the catastrophic impact of Jocks death on two very different Scottish families. He paints a vivid portrait of an age in which class determined the way you lived
- & died.

An outstanding piece of historical detective work, & THE BAND PLAYED ON is also a moving account of how the authors quest to learn more about his grandfather revealed the shocking truth about a family he thought he knew, a truth that had been hidden for nearly a hundred years.






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On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage & sank. Fifteen hundred passengers & crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck & continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down. The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fianc ...

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How would you feel if the only man youd ever loved was taken away from you? & imagine how hed feel if he hadnt really been taken away at all
- but couldnt find a way to let you know...

Mel Taylor was thirteen years old when she found Adam. Twenty years on, they are still blissfully in love. She has everything she ever wished for.

But Mels happiness is spoilt by a secret from their past & a niggling fear that her good fortune cant last forever.

Despite her husband Adams efforts to reassure her that nothing bad is going to happen, Mel cant shake the feeling that good things cant last forever. But what she isnt expecting, is something so terrible that their lives will be changed forever...

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781787477001
• Author: Linda Green
• Publisher: Quercus
• Format: Quercus
• Pages: 436
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm














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