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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 On April 14, 1912, the Titanic , a passenger liner traveling from Southhampton, England, to New York City, struck an iceberg. Its sinking brought the ship—mythological in name and size—into one-hundred years of infamy. Of the 2,240 people aboard the ship, 1,517 perished. While many accounts focus on the technical aspects of the Titanic 's sinking, Voyagers of the Titanic follows the stories of the men, women, and children whose lives intersected on its fateful last day. Covering the 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, dreamed, and died abroad the mythic ship. With magnificent prose, he also explores the politics behind the Titanic 's creation, involving larger-than-life figures like J.P. Morgan, the ship's owner, and Lord Pirrie, the ship's builder. The memory of the ship's sinking still remains a part of the American psyche and Voyagers of the Titanic brings that clear night back to us with all of its drama and pathos. Zusammenfassung “An astonishing work.” —Julian Fellowes! Creator and Executive Producer of “Downton Abbey” “A book well worthy of marking the centenary of the crystal-clear night when the immense ship slid to her terrible doom.” —Simon Winchester! New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman 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. ...
