A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic
Autor Brian Lavery, Julian Fellowes, Walter Lorden Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 apr 2012
On April 15th, 1912,Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. Walter Lord's classic bestselling history of the voyage, the wreck and the aftermath is atour de forceof detailed investigation and the upstairs/downstairs divide.A Night to Rememberprovides a vivid, gripping and deeply personal account of the 'unsinkable' Titanic's descent.
WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY JULIAN FELLOWES
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141399690
ISBN-10: 0141399694
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 132 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141399694
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 132 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
A
graduate
of
Princeton
University
and
Yale
Law,
Walter
Lord
served
in
England
with
the
American
intelligence
service
during
the
Second
World
War.
His
interest
in
theTitanicdates
back
to
1926
when,
at
ten
years
old,
he
persuaded
his
family
to
cross
the
Atlantic
on
theOlympic,
sister
ship
to
the
doomed
ocean
liner.
Lord
was
renowned
for
his
knowledge
of
theTitaniccatastrophe,
serving
as
consultant
to
director
James
Cameron
during
the
filming
ofTitanic.A
Night
to
Rememberwas
published
in
1955
and
has
never
been
out
of
print.
Walter
Lord
died
in
2002.
Recenzii
A
stunning
book,
incomparably
the
best
on
its
subject
Walter single-handedly revived interest in the Titanic...an electrifying book
Absolutely gripping and unputdownable
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...A book to remember
Seamless and skilful...it's clear why this is many a researcher'sTitanicbible
Enthralling from the first word to the last
Moving and extremely well-documented
Walter single-handedly revived interest in the Titanic...an electrifying book
Absolutely gripping and unputdownable
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...A book to remember
Seamless and skilful...it's clear why this is many a researcher'sTitanicbible
Enthralling from the first word to the last
Moving and extremely well-documented