Voyagers of the Titanic, Richard DavenportHines
Voyagers of the Titanic, Richard DavenportHines
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Voyagers of the Titanic
Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From

Author: Richard Davenport-Hines

Narrator: Robin Sachs

Unabridged: 11 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/06/2012

Synopsis

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.

About Richard Davenport-Hines

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jane

The overall effect of this book--or the 100 pages of it I read before deciding there were other books that needed reading and this one wasn't worth the effort--is a bit like reading one of those history articles in the UK's Daily Mail, or maybe our very own Chicago Tribune except that's being a bit......more

Goodreads review by Amy

At least 4 survivors died on an anniversary of the disaster, the last in 1975. And it still kills me that the lifeboats were not completely full! This book tells some of the life stories of the passengers & crew of the Titanic, derived from letters sent before embarking, interviews after the fact, and......more

Goodreads review by Marie

Voyagers of the Titanic starts slow, but the deliberateness of the author in telling his story thoroughly is worth the wait, until the build-up to the actual sinking of the Titanic. Davenport-Hines chose to profile passengers from First, Second, and Third class, and along with biographic information......more

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