Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #397837 in Books
• Published on: 1994-11-16
• Binding: Hardcover
• 360 pages

Synopsis
80 years later, the glamorous yet tragic story of the Titanic, her sinking with the loss of more than 1500 lives, and the mysterious aftermath, still holds endless fascination. This chronicle of the entire saga has been revised and expanded, bringing the story up-to-date. It features the latest information on the wreck, her artefacts, and the controversy surrounding various attempts at recovering these, also the most complete passenger list yet published. The book tells the entire story, from the liner's design as the supposedly safest vessel afloat, her maiden voyage carrying the social, artistic and financial elite of two continents, her sinking on 15th April 1912 after hitting an iceberg, the still unresolved mystery over why a ship apparently did not rush to the rescue, through to the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic in 1985, and on to the present day.

Customer Reviews

Teenager obsessed with the Titanic
Before the film hype, the hollywood fantasy, I thought I was the only one who was interested in the tragedy of the Titanic. I was wrong. This book told me everything I wanted to know. Amazing photographs of the ship herself, illustrations, artifacts, and a great description, often personal accounts of the great liners triumph of modern ship building and mankinds pride, and the trajedy that shoock the world. The best Titanic book around.

Lots of GREAT pictures!
This book has lots and lots of pictures, which is great for those of you who are not big on reading. I loved the insurance claims from the various 1st class passengers, some of them were extremely detailed so much so as to be ridiculous (Charlotte Cardeza's for example) Oh, to be rich in 1912! The pictures were eye-candy for a Titanic nut like myself, it is a very detailed, excellent book!

By far, the absolute BEST Titanic book written.
I have spent around $200 on Titanic documentary videos and books about the lost luxury liner. When I bought Titanic, Triumph & Tragedy, I was astounded at the amount of information given, especially about the initial sea trials of Titanic in March 1912. If I could tell you to buy only one Titanic book, this one would be it!