A Night to Remember, Walter Lord
A Night to Remember, Walter Lord
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A Night to Remember
The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic

Author: Walter Lord

Narrator: Fred Williams

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/28/2010

Synopsis

The "unsinkable" Titanic was four city blocks long, with a French "sidewalk cafe," private promenade decks, and the latest, most ingenious safety devices—but only twenty lifeboats for the 2,207 passengers and crew on board.Gliding through a calm sea, disdainful of all obstacles, the Titanic brushed an iceberg. Two hours and forty minutes later, she upended and sank. Only 705 survivors were picked up from the half-filled boats of "the ship that God himself couldn't sink."Walter Lord's classic minute-by-minute re-creation is as vivid now as it was upon first publication fifty years ago. From the initial distress flares to the struggles of those left adrift for hours in freezing waters, this audio presentation will bring that moonlit night in 1912 to life for a new generation of readers.

About Walter Lord

Walter Lord (1917–2002), American author of numerous nonfiction books, was a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School, served in the OSS during World War II, and became an editor and advertising copywriter. He is the author of Day of Infamy, a #1 New York Times bestseller. He also wrote A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the Titanic, and served as consultant in the making of the movie Titanic.

About Fred Williams

Fred Williams, a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, works in theater, film, television, and radio in England, Ireland, and America. Besides narrating audiobooks, he is a performer in living-history reenactments, an archer, and a poet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Persephone's Pomegranate on April 18, 2025

EDIT: Have you ever heard the saying, "Don't meet your heroes"? Well, I have a variation: "Don't re-read your books." I rarely rewrite my reviews, but this time I felt it was necessary. The only reason I'm not lowering my rating is because of the teenage newlyweds, Daniel and Mary, who, despite th......more

Goodreads review by Karen on December 21, 2024

This is quite a detailed account of the sinking of the Titanic… The author stuck to the set time frame, focused on all the classes of people and their experience, the people who were in the lifeboats.. and what happened while waiting for the Carpathia. information taken from survivor’s accounts and no......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on May 27, 2021

It is difficult to exist without knowing at least something about the Titanic. From just general fascination about a famous historical tragedy to pop culture interest around the late 90s film, you will be hard pressed to find someone who does not least have enough knowledge about the Titanic disaste......more

Goodreads review by Laura on January 16, 2022

Great little quickie history book. Smooth sailing, unlike ... 🚢🚫👀🧊🗻🌊🆘......more

Quotes

“Fred Williams’ reading sounds so like a news report that the immediacy engages the reader from the start. Highly recommended.” Library Journal, audio review

“The best book about a disaster I had ever read.” David McCullough, historian and New York Times bestselling author

“Stunning…one of the most exciting books of this or any year.” New York Times

“As seamless and skillful as you’re going to get, from the analysis of 1912’s upper-class-biased press coverage to the Vietnam Memorialesque passenger list…If God is indeed in the details, it’s clear why this is many a researcher’s Titanic bible.” Entertainment Weekly

“Devotion, gallantry—Benjamin Guggenheim changing to evening clothes to meet death; Mrs. Isador Straus clinging to her husband, refusing to get in a lifeboat; Arthur Ryerson giving his life belt to his wife’s maid—it is a book to remember.” Chicago Tribune

“If your child is caught up in Titanic hype, forget about Kate and Leonardo, share A Night to Remember. Walter Lord’s historic account of the disaster…is gripping.” Detroit Free Press

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