LOST VOICES FROM THE TITANIC: THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE++.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - virtually as new.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork and b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely creased.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine.Dw/dj design/artwork repeated to bright,clean, sharp-cornered,paper-covered boards and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xvipp+ 3-331pp [paginated] includes preface,acknowledgements, Pts 1-3 comprising 8 chapters,16pp of contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp112/3 and pp208/9 respectively,sources,list of illustrations,a note about the author and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table and 5pp blanks at rear.
On 15 April 1912 the largest,most expensive,most luxurious ship ever built sank beneath the icy waves of the northern Atlantic.Over one thousand five hundred people perished that night in what has become one of the most examined tragedies of our time,the story recounted over the decades in countless books and films,television series and magazine articles.
But never before has the story of the world's most infamous ship,been told in the words of those who designed her,built her,sailed her and survived her.
Here,award-winning historian Nick Barratt tells the story of the Titanic from its original conception and design by the owners and naval architects at the White Star Line through construction at Harland and Wolff's shipyards in Belfast.In their own letters and interviews from the time we hear of the aspirations of the owners, the realities of construction and the anticipation of the first sea-tests. Through correspondence and the two inquest reports we learn what it was like to embark on the Titanic's maiden voyage in April 1912,and the lives of crew and passengers are brought to life - from the first-class aristocrats enjoying all the trappings of privilege,to the families in third-class and steerage who simply sought to leave Britain for a better life in America.
Finally,'Lost Voices From the Titanic' examines the disaster itself,when the ship struck the iceberg and sank just over two-and-a-half hours later.Survivors from passengers and crew explain what happened, taking you back in time to the full horror of that freezing Atlantic night. The book concludes by reproducing letters and diary extracts which show the impact on those who escaped and what became of them in the ensuing years,including the last interview with the last survivor, Millvina Dean.
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