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RMS Titanic was the second in the trio of Olympic-class superliners intended to dominate the transatlantic travel business. Owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard, Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world at the time of its launching. During Titanic's maiden voyage, it struck an iceberg at 11:40 PM (ship's time) on Sunday evening April 14, 1912, and sank two hours and forty minutes later at 2:20 AM Monday morning. (Quote from wikipedia.org)
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Lawrence Beesley (1877 - 1967)
Lawrence Beesley (born December 31, 1877 - died February 14, 1967), was an English teacher, journalist and author who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. He was born in Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Beesley was educated at Derby School, where he was a scholar, and afterwards at Caius College, Cambridge, again as a scholar. He took a First Class degree in the Natural Science tripos in 1903. (Quote from wikipedia.org)
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About the Author
Lawrence Beesley (1877 - 1967)
Lawrence Beesley (born December 31, 1877 - died February 14, 1967), was an English teacher, journalist and author who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. He was born in Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Beesley was educated at Derby School, where he was a scholar, and afterwards at Caius College, Cambridge, again as a scholar. He took a First Class degree in the Natural Science tripos in 1903. (Quote from wikipedia.org)
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
http://www.forgottenbooks.org
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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I can thoroughly recommend Mr Beesley's account of his experiences on the Titanic: full of historically correct facts, a highly descriptive work, re-told with heartfelt compassion and sypmathy for and empathy with his fellow passengers and the members of the crew.
Any Titantic enthusiast wishing to feel the atmosphere of what it must have been like could do no better than to read this rich narrative of events. Although Mr Beesley's style of narration may seem to some these days over-descriptive and even slightly ponderous in tone, do not be put off, every chapter is well worth the recounting.
In particular, Chapter IV, The Sinking of the Titanic Seen from a Lifeboat, is haunting in its detail and description.
This is as close as you will get to learn first-hand of the sequence of events on that maiden voyage.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book is beautifully written and gives a whole next prospective to the terrible disaster. As my children are covering the sinking at school it was a hugely helpful insight into what actually happened rather than the 'movie' version. I would recommend this book to any age and anyone!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Very insightful account of that terrible night. It made me realise that with such a large ship, very few people knew what was happening, which is one of many reasons, why alot of the lifeboats where not full. Well worth the read if this is a subject you are interested in.
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Excellent, a well deserved addition to any 'Titanic' library
Having read the 'must have' book on the Titanic, Walter Lord's 'A Night to Remeber' I was looking for further books that delt with the experiences of the survivors and this is one... Read more
Published 3 days ago by Kari Saunders
loss of s.s. titanic by lawrence beesley
I was disappointed in this book because the text refers to several diagrams none of which are included!! Infact, there are no diagrams or illustrations included at all. Read more
Published 24 days ago by billb
The loss of the SS Titanic by Lawrence Beesley
If you take into account that this survivor's account of the sinking of the Titanic was dashed off straight after the disaster in 1912 and published the same year, it's quite an... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Valentine
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