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'this stunning...edition is a real treasure, telling Titanic's story from cradle to grave and beyond'
--Family Tree Magazine, April 2012 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
--Family Tree Magazine, April 2012 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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It was hailed as "unsinkable", the biggest ship in the world, the ultimate in seafaring luxury. Yet within five days of setting off from Southampton on its maiden voyage, Titanic had sunk to the bottom of the sea with the loss of over 1,500 lives. A century on, the fate of the Titanic remains the worst disaster in seafaring history. Dozens of books have charted the all-too-short life of Titanic but this is the first to contain 30 fascinating facsimile items of Titanic memorabilia to give readers a unique and compelling insight into life on board Titanic as she ventured out into the icy seas of the North Atlantic in April 1912.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a shipwreck historian, I am fully aware of the value of thorough research. It is a process which takes those who seek information into just about any building anywhere in the world. This is because the answers are not always found within the walls of maritime museums, libraries, schools and private collections. Of course, hundreds of books have been written about the Titanic and there are many more about shipwrecks in which this particular tragedy is featured. Naturally, amongst these, overall standards vary widely.
And now we have yet another work on this, the world's most famous shipwreck and, whilst I cannot claim to have read all the others, I would suggest this is easily the most outstanding of all.
Why? Firstly, I have been truly impressed with the overall quality of the product itself and actually marvelled at the way in which it has been put together. This is a large format book which fits neatly into a box case. With high quality colour images on every page, several have either a hidden pocket or a taped-on envelope containing some little gem of information. Whereas other works often included a menu or telegram reproduced just like any picture is published in a book, here we have details never previously seen - such as a series of letters asking a British TV company not to screen one particular film version of the disaster because it inaccurately portrayed some of those who died and we are able to remove these treasures and inspect them as separate documents.
With all manner of peripheral forms, letters, genuine postcards and much more besides, not only does it all combine to provide the reader with a thorough appreciation of the painstaking research which has gone into the making of this book, but all that research is enclosed for us to inspect.
Just inside the book's front cover we also find an audio CD containing several first hand accounts which come together to cover the life and death of this amazing vessel. From the ship builder's son who recounts how he watched the Titanic sail out to sea as a boy, to the man who wondered where the ice had come from, to the personal stories of those who survived, they all make compelling listening. All things considered, this work creates a new definition of the word "complete!"
For those who require the best possible assessment of the Titanic story, this is the only work you need ever consider. You will not be disappointed.
NM
And now we have yet another work on this, the world's most famous shipwreck and, whilst I cannot claim to have read all the others, I would suggest this is easily the most outstanding of all.
Why? Firstly, I have been truly impressed with the overall quality of the product itself and actually marvelled at the way in which it has been put together. This is a large format book which fits neatly into a box case. With high quality colour images on every page, several have either a hidden pocket or a taped-on envelope containing some little gem of information. Whereas other works often included a menu or telegram reproduced just like any picture is published in a book, here we have details never previously seen - such as a series of letters asking a British TV company not to screen one particular film version of the disaster because it inaccurately portrayed some of those who died and we are able to remove these treasures and inspect them as separate documents.
With all manner of peripheral forms, letters, genuine postcards and much more besides, not only does it all combine to provide the reader with a thorough appreciation of the painstaking research which has gone into the making of this book, but all that research is enclosed for us to inspect.
Just inside the book's front cover we also find an audio CD containing several first hand accounts which come together to cover the life and death of this amazing vessel. From the ship builder's son who recounts how he watched the Titanic sail out to sea as a boy, to the man who wondered where the ice had come from, to the personal stories of those who survived, they all make compelling listening. All things considered, this work creates a new definition of the word "complete!"
For those who require the best possible assessment of the Titanic story, this is the only work you need ever consider. You will not be disappointed.
NM
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The book is jam packed full of pull out and in fold items that lovingly recreate the experience and personal items on the Titanic. There is a pull fold out cross section of the ship, there is a copy of her first class menue, her tickets, her cabins and her passenger letters and personal items are re-created. There are copies of many original documents, even her telegrams and one telegram from the White House expressing horror at the disaster and needless loss of life and the hope that it will be prevented in the future. Most items are in colour, together with many black and white photos of the time and the people on board.
There is a cross section of the ships engines and folded eye witness testimony from the inquest. It is these more personal insights into the tragic loss of life and life on board the Titanic that bring her closer to home as a real ship, a real experience and a real tragedy that touched the lives of so many. She will always shine in the hearts of many and it is hoped that this is but one book that really does allow the reader to experience her passage and her passing .
The book is hard backed, in a presentation box and is full of colour and black and white pictures from the time and beautiful recreations of the most important moments in her voyage history.
There is a cross section of the ships engines and folded eye witness testimony from the inquest. It is these more personal insights into the tragic loss of life and life on board the Titanic that bring her closer to home as a real ship, a real experience and a real tragedy that touched the lives of so many. She will always shine in the hearts of many and it is hoped that this is but one book that really does allow the reader to experience her passage and her passing .
The book is hard backed, in a presentation box and is full of colour and black and white pictures from the time and beautiful recreations of the most important moments in her voyage history.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The Titanic experience package was waiting for me to unwrap when I got home from work, unwrapped it while I still had my coat on and started having a quick nosy through, half an hour later I was still reading it and I still had my coat on! The Titanic experience was bought as a Christmas present for my son in law, I know he will be thrilled with it, well worth the money.
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