Titanic: True Stories Of Her Passengers, Crew And Legacy
Author: Nicola Pierce
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: $24.99 NZD
: 9781847179470
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Description
This book commemorates the enduring legacy of the world's most famous ship - TITANIC.
Her story is one of all those bound together on that fateful voyage. On board were: writers, artists, honeymooners, sportsmen, priests, reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats, millionaires, children, crew and emigrants looking for a better life.
This book tells of their lives, and shines the spotlight on:
Some of the great ship's surprising treasures
Her fêted voyage from Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard
The fascinating museums devoted to her memory, including Titanic Belfast
The iconic music and movies
Her winged and four-legged passengers
The sister ships of Olympic and Britannic
Tales of heroism
Theories surrounding Titanic's fatal collision
The lifeboats and just how close the SS Californian was on that tragic night
How Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and the inquiries viewed events
