A Night to Remember - The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic

Informationen zum Autor Brian Lavery is Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and author of over 30 books on ships and seafaring. As a highly respected maritime historian, he was consultant on the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, advised on the replica of Captain Cook's Endeavour, and wrote the best-selling accompanying book to the BBC drama series Empire of the Seas. Klappentext '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. WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY JULIAN FELLOWES Zusammenfassung On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The author's bestselling history of the voyage, the wreck and the aftermath is a tour de force of detailed investigation and the upstairs/downstairs divide.

Product details

• Authors: Julian Fellowes, Fellowes Julian, Brian Lavery, Lavery Brian, Walter Lord
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.04.2012
• EAN: 9780141399690
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139969-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Marine & Naval, Ships and boats: general interest, C 1900 - C 1914, Ships & boats: general interest, c 1900 to c 1909, North Atlantic