And the Band played on

Zusatztext The devastating impact of Jock's death and the ensuing saga of family friction and duplicity that emerges add depth to the Titanic story. Informationen zum Autor Christopher Ward is the grandson of Jock Hume, at 21 the youngest member of the Titanic`s orchestra. Christopher joined the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle-upon-Tyne aged 17, and moved to Merseyside to become the Daily Mirror`s Liverpool correspondent at the height of Beatlemania. In his early twenties, he moved to London, writing a column in the Mirror for more than ten years. At 38 he became Fleet Street`s then youngest editor when he was appointed editor of the Daily Express . He left, aged 42, to co-found Redwood, Europe`s first customer magazine agency, of which he is Chairman today. He lives in the Scottish Borders, seventy miles from Jock Hume`s birth place in Dumfries. Klappentext AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family.AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family. Zusammenfassung AND THE BAND PLAYED ON brings to life the trauma of the Titanic through the true story of one family.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Ward, Ward Christopher
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9781444707960
• ISBN: 978-1-4447-0796-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Aviation & Nautical, maritime history, True stories of discovery, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, North Atlantic