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The Riddle Of The Titanic (Paperback)

by Robin Gardiner (Author), Dan Van Der Vat (Author) "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,..." (more)

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Paperback: 336 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: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 37,664 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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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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4.0 out of 5 stars Some food for thought, 15 Jan 2001

By	Winning Form Mr Lips (Durban North, Kwazulu-Natal South Africa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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4.0 out of 5 stars Everything you wanted to know about the Titanic..., 28 April 1999

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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.

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