Titanic Lives

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Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster Titanic Lives is a fresh investigation of the lives of the passengers & crew on board the most famous ship in history. On the night of 14 April 1912 midway through her maiden voyage the seemingly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg sustaining a 300-feet gash as six compartments were wrenched open to the Atlantic Ocean. In little over two hours the palatial liner nose-dived to the bottom of the sea. More than 1 500 people perished in the freezing waters. But who were they? In this impeccably researched & utterly riveting social history Richard Davenport-Hines brings to life the stories of the men who built & owned the Titanic the crew who serviced her & the passengers of all classes who sailed on her. We are introduced to this fascinating cast of characters & follow their lives on board the ship through to the supreme dramatic climax of the disaster. Universally critically acclaimed Titanic Lives is the must-read Titanic book of the centenary year.