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Zusatztext "This intelligent book focuses not on the ship so much as its passengers. Bolstered by photographs of the people who built! staffed! sailed on and survived the Titanic! Davenport-Hines finds a slew of new points of view from which to scan history." Informationen zum Autor Richard Davenport-Hinesis the acclaimed biographer of W. H. Auden and the Macmillan dynasty. He is also the author of Proust at the Majestic: The Last Days of the Author Whose Book Changed Paris and The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics . He is a regular contributor to the U.K. publications Literary Review , Sunday Telegraph , Spectator , and the Times Literary Supplement . Klappentext While many accounts of the Titanic 's voyage focus on the technical or mechanical aspects of why the ship sank, Voyagers of the Titanic follows the stories of the men, women, and children whose lives intersected on the vessel's fateful last day, covering the full range of first, second, and third class—from plutocrats and captains of industry to cobblers and tailors looking for a better life in America. Richard Davenport-Hines delves into the fascinating lives of those who ate, drank, reveled, dreamed, and died aboard this mythic ship. With magnificent prose, Voyagers of the Titanic also brings to life the untold stories of the ship's middle and third classes, each of whom had a story that not only illuminates the ship but also the times in which it sailed. The memory of this tragedy still remains a part of the American psyche and this book brings us back to that clear night with all its drama and pathos. Zusammenfassung It has been one hundred years since the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in the North Atlantic! yet worldwide fascination with the epic tragedy remains as strong as ever. With Voyagers of the Titanic ! Richard Davenport-Hines gives us a magnificent history of the people intimately connected with the infamous ship—from deal-makers and industry giants! like J.P. Morgan! who built and operated it; to Molly Brown! John Jacob Astor IV! and other glittering aristocrats who occupied its first class cabins; to the men and women traveling below decks hoping to find a better life in America. Commemorating the centennial anniversary of the great disaster! Voyagers of the Titanic offers a fascinating! uniquely original view of one of the most momentous catastrophes of the 20th century. ...
