Product Description

Since the release of the film "Titanic" in 1997, director James Cameron has become even more fascinated by the story of the ship. He has turned this interest into a further film, "Ghosts of the Abyss", and this book documents his discoveries. It is about Cameron's journey to the real Titanic wreck - not a Hollywood mock-up, but the real ship, now lying 12,000 feet deep on the sea-bed off Newfoundland. The book is full of the eerie images taken by Cameron's multi-million dollar, specially designed underwater cameras. No-one has been so deep inside the wreck since the fateful night of 14 April 1912. There are also numerous archive shots of the Titanic's interiors taken just before she went down, offering comparisons of the glories of the past with the icy present.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #560916 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

About the Author
Don Lynch is an historian specialising in the history of the Titanic. Ken Marschall is an artist and Titanic expert. James Cameron is an award-winning film director.

Customer Reviews

Stunning, Simply Stunning!
Perhaps the most eagerly-awaited new Titanic book since Dr Robert D Ballard's 1987 'The Discovery Of The Titanic', I received my copy of 'Ghosts...' today and just had to sit there quietly for a long while as I looked through it-I've not felt this 'rush' since I first looked through 'Discovery Of...' all those years ago, not even when seeing some of the recreations of the ship in James Cameron's film. To me reading this, it felt very much as if there had only ever been the 1985/86, and now this expedition to the ship-it was like a 'Discovery Of' Part 2; no talk of salvage, no hoopla, no RMS Titanic Inc, just straight forward, breathtaking and daring exploration of the ship, by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts.

And what an exploration-I really feel as I've stepped on some of those decks and into some of those rooms now; all the imagery is superb, while the text-by noted Titanic experts Don Lynch and Ken Marschall- is sufficient without being too extensive; after all, this is a picture book. You'll see more of the interior of this ship-and the amazing sights that are in there-than you'll ever previously have imagined possible. We'll all always want to see more and more of the inside of the ship, and I can only pray that Cameron is so niggled by what he missed, that he does indeed go back one day; but what he and his team have already done is so extraordinary, so above and beyond anything we could have hoped to see, one feels as if the ship has finally been properly visited.

This book-144 pages of superbly presented colour imagery from deep within the ship-has given me goosebumps, made me weep, and almost even made me feel a little sick when I saw how bad the ship's Gymnasium looks now; what an amazing visual experience, and I've only had it for a few hours!!!

If you are at all interested in the Titanic, this is easily one of those very few-out of the other hundreds-of books that you really MUST own.

truly the best compact book on titanic
This book - if you are interested by Titanic matters -makes you exclaim 'Wow!' when you see the pictures. The book is in two broad interleaved sections; a commentary on the dive and the pictures themselves. As the book promotes the IMAX movie, it must be something to see as the pictures are outstanding.

What is so interesting is the pictures of the wrecks interior and the ship when it was afloat interleaved, giving a great sense of orientation to the ships structure. A picture of a Bowler hat, and a photograph of its owner around the time of the events has remarkable resonance.

Another was of the bed of a 33 year old lady at the time of the sinking and the photograph of the person whom slept in it and she survived till a great age. Another was Ismays bedroom,with most of the woodwork of the fire place in the debris, some ornate Gilding still survives. The whole room is shown and is still recognisable. Another highlight was seeing the 15000 hp reciprocating engines still intact,
though with the boilers shoved in due to water pressure. Others show a remarkable nature of a sinking with bottles still intact and carafes still ready.

The exponential decay of the ship is marked and commented upon since its discovery and 2001. The ship may not survive for much longer.

Some Titanic books, dare I say it, can even to a fan can be dull, but this is superb example of a book well researched and beautifully printed on glossy paper. This book is something you will reread and treasure

The absolutely ultimate book
This book is the jewel in the crown of every Titanic fan's collection. Ittakes you where you never, ever thought possible and you will see picturesto shake you to your boots. Having been to Alnwick to see the panels fromthe Olympic, these images from within the great ship come to life. Theonly way to better this book is to have the book open and the DVD of thesame title playing as the robots make the journey to the picture site.
Absolutely NOT to be missed.