- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd (11 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752445707
- ISBN-13: 978-0752445700
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 857,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Why is so much heroism attached to the sinking of the Titanic? Why do we accord impossible glory to the miserable, misbegotten drowning of the equivalent of a small town? What process led to the creation of champions? Who were the real heros, and how were they overlooked? What did society - and the press - do with an overriding need for blame? By identifying the fable-making, and finally throwing off a blanket of boasting, this book enables a fresh, sharp focus on history's most famous shipwreck. We see into the nature of prejudice, public values and political and national motives. It explores the light and the dark of what we think we know: about the engineers, the musicians, the Capitan, his officers, owners and officialdom - as well as the sinking itself and society's curious 'celebration' of abject catastrophe. It also looks at sacrificial victims, in particular the character of Captain Stanley Lord of the Californian, a man tarred with abandoning fifteen hundred people to their fate. Backed up with a new photographic archive and bolstered by a series of contemporary extracts to support its arguments, this is Titantic history presented in an entirely new and authentic light.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Titanic:Victims & Villians,
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This review is from: Titanic: Victims & Villains (Paperback)
Was looking forward to this book but sadly it told me nothing I did not know and the convoluted suggestion that the band somehow contributed towards the loss of life beggars belief. The author's previous book on the Californian and Captain Lord was excellent. Sadly this book is a disappointment and in view of the fact that a substantial proportion of this book again deals with Captain Lord.,I feel short changed.
Not recommended. John.
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A Titanic-Must-Have-Book,
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Throughout the history of the Titanic there are usually two types of characters: victims and villains. But should this division still exist 90 years later? In his book Senan Molony shows by representing different personalities, crew as well as passengers, how these hero stories came into existence and also puts into question if they really did something heroic after all. Captain Smith steared his ship against an iceberg and is celebrated as a hero? Thomas Andrews constructed the Titanic and it turned out that the watertight compartments didn't work. He was celebrated as a hero after the disaster as well. Another interesting question is related to the musicians: Was is it really a good idea that the musicians played their tunes during evacuation? Would have gone more passengers into the lifeboats if there was no music at all?
A great part of the book is about the role of the 'Californian' and mainly about its Captain Stanley Lord. Was Lord really a villain or even more a 'monster'? A very interesting book which asks interesting questions and makes the reader start thinking and rethinking.
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Titanic Info at a New Angle,
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"A must for the collector of Titanic books and information. If you are looking for a book to re-hash the same old story about the disaster, this is not the book for you, but it is a unique work that explains the good guys and the bad guys in the story of the ship's construction, sailing, sinking, and aftermath. It contains many new pictures never published before. That alone makes it worth it! Kudos on a job well done!"
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