101 Things You Thought You Knew About the Titanic . . . butDidn't! April 15th, 2012, will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. People have an endless fascination with the Titanic, yet much of what they know today is a mixture of fact and fiction. In one hundred and one brief and engaging chapters, Tim Maltin, one of the foremost experts on the Titanic, reveals the truth behind the most common beliefs about the ship and the night it sank. From physics to photographs, lawsuits to love stories, Maltin doesn't miss one tidbit surrounding its history. Heavily researched and filled with detailed descriptions, quotes from survivors, and excerpts from the official inquiries, this book is guaranteed to make readers rethink everything they thought they knew about the legendary ship and its tragic fate. |
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... sinking since he was only seven years old and first saw the film version of Walter Lord's A Night To Remember, Tim has made a detailed study of the public enquiries into the disaster and the extraordinary atmospheric conditions that ...
... sinking since he was only seven years old and first saw the film version of Walter Lord's A Night To Remember, Tim has made a detailed study of the public enquiries into the disaster and the extraordinary atmospheric conditions that ...
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... sinking of the Titanic by swimming to an overturned lifeboat. His father died in the disaster and his rude awakening into adulthood no doubt coloured his perspective; but in his privately published 1940 account of the sinking, this is ...
... sinking of the Titanic by swimming to an overturned lifeboat. His father died in the disaster and his rude awakening into adulthood no doubt coloured his perspective; but in his privately published 1940 account of the sinking, this is ...
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... Titanic . Where possible , I have tried to get at this through eye witness testimony , which is fully quoted and referenced . As Walter Lord observed in both his classic 1957 account of the sinking , A Night To Remember and his 1986 ...
... Titanic . Where possible , I have tried to get at this through eye witness testimony , which is fully quoted and referenced . As Walter Lord observed in both his classic 1957 account of the sinking , A Night To Remember and his 1986 ...
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... Titanic's. Olympic was later to learn from the disaster which occurred to her younger sister, as after the Titanic sank, Olympic was withdrawn from service in order to increase her watertight protection and lifeboat provision. These ...
... Titanic's. Olympic was later to learn from the disaster which occurred to her younger sister, as after the Titanic sank, Olympic was withdrawn from service in order to increase her watertight protection and lifeboat provision. These ...
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... Titanic was unsinkable , and that the press created this myth in the aftermath of the disaster to highlight the ' hubris ' of such reliance on man - made technology , but they really did believe that she was ' practically unsinkable ...
... Titanic was unsinkable , and that the press created this myth in the aftermath of the disaster to highlight the ' hubris ' of such reliance on man - made technology , but they really did believe that she was ' practically unsinkable ...
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101 Things You Thought You Knew about the Titanic . . . but Didn't! Tim Maltin,Eloise Aston No preview available - 2011 |
101 Things You Thought You Knew about the Titanic... But Didn't! Tim Maltin No preview available - 2012 |
101 Things You Thought You Knew about the Titanic-- But Didn't! Tim Maltin,Eloise Aston No preview available - 2011 |
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