- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (3 Jun 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752801678
- ISBN-13: 978-0752801674
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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- #47 in Books > History > Maritime History > Shipwrecks
- #74 in Books > History > World History > 1751-1900
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Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the man at the helm when the Titanic hit the iceberg packed off to South Africa? Why did her reluctant Chief Officer 'still' feel uneasy about a ship on which he had never sailed before? Why did one of her stewards 'wish the bally ship at the bottom of the sea'? It was not only the sea that covered up the Titanic . . .
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The Titanic legend was born in 1907 in Mayfair, London, in an after-dinner conversation between Lord Pirrie, chairman of Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipbuilders, and his host, J. Bruce Ismay, chief executive of the White Star Line. Read the first page
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The Titanic legend was born in 1907 in Mayfair, London, in an after-dinner conversation between Lord Pirrie, chairman of Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipbuilders, and his host, J. Bruce Ismay, chief executive of the White Star Line. Read the first page
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Everyone knows the true story of the Titanic, don't they? This book has it's opponents, but it raises many interesting points, that no-one seems to be able to answer/contadict. Yes some of it's conclusions, can be undermined, but many others seem to have no explanation, if the conspiracy theory is completely discounted. Either way, I found this book to be a thoroughly enjoyable read, from start to finish. And I learned details about that voyage I'd never heard before, such as the Titanic actually being on fire, throughout that voyage across the Atlantic. If you enjoy this, Robin Gardner's follow up book, also makes for good reading where he answers many questions from his detractors. "Titanic": The Ship That Never Sank
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A mixture of conspiracy theory, personal testimony and history, this is a useful start for those who want to know what happened on that fateful night in April 1912 when the Titanic foundered. But as the authors admit at the outset, it is something of an unusual offering. Writer Dan van der Vat admits that he disagrees with the conspiracy theory espoused by co-author Gardiner but that doesn't harm the book in any way. We learn about the building of the great ship, the key personnel, the sinking, controversial rescue and the inquiries. The authors go into considerable detail but the book is always readable and written, despite the subject matter, with some humour. Whether you agree with Gardiner's theories - and I'm not going to give them away here - or not, this is a valuable addition to an already crowded genre.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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As conspiracy theories go, this book is pretty restrained. Indeed, one of the authors goes so far as to disgree with the theories of the other, which must be a new one in the history of collaborative writing! Still, the book does offer some food for thought even though it is honest enough to offer perfecly valid alternative reasons for the "facts" upon which the conspiracy theory is based. Other than that angle, such as it is, the book doesn't offer a great deal which is new. It is a useful enough starting point for newcomers to the story, but it won't offer much that is new to old Titanic hands while being hardly explosive enough to satisfy die-hard conspiracy addicts. Certainly, I will need a hell of a lot more evidence before even beginning to accept that the Titanic was actually the Olympic in drag!
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