Synopses & Reviews
No other ship or maritime tragedy holds more fascination than the Titanic - and a century after she sank beneath the chill, starlit North Atlantic waters on her maiden voyage, carrying a wide mix of passengers, from the social, artistic and financial elite of two continents to the humblest emigrants on their way to America, the story continues to enthral people of all ages and cultures.Two of the world's foremost authorities present this popular account of the sea’s best-known disaster, expertly summarisizing the ship's brief but glamorous life, from building and launching in Belfast, to the discovery of her remains more than two miles down on the ocean bed, and the subsequent artefact recovery dives and courtroom efforts to protect the wreck. Their own photographic dives to the wreck site feature in this updated third edition of their best-selling paperback, together with a wealth of fascinating new information about the ship and her people, past and present.
Synopsis
More than nine decades after the most famous sinking of all time, interest in the Titanic tragedy remains as strong as ever. Two of the world's foremost Titanic experts and the only historians to have made the 12,540-foot dive down to the wreck, cover the Titanic story in full in the third edition of this value-for-money bestseller.
Synopsis
This affordable paperback is unrivalled as an introduction to the Titanic which has been fully updated in a centenary edition and expertly summarizes the whole Titanic story, from building and launching, through the glory days and sinking, to the discovery of the wreck by an unmanned submersible and the subsequent crewed dives, including the authors’ own photographic visit to the site and the artifact recovery expeditions. Extended chapters have been added along with a new chapter devoted to updating new developments since publication of the previous edition.
About the Author
Charles A. Haas was born in Queens, NY and has written and lectured extensively on the Titanic and dived to the wreck two-and-a-half miles down. Based in the US, he was one of two founders of the Titanic International Society (1989), a shipping history and research organization with members worldwide. He has been a consultant to many Titanic related documentaries and a guest lecturer at anumber of Titanic conventions.
John Eaton was born, raised in Easton, Pennsylvania and educated at Lafayette College. He has written and lectured extensively on the Titanic and dived to the wreck two-and-a-half miles down. Based in the US, he was one of two founders of the Titanic International Society (1989), a shipping history and research organization with members worldwide. He is a long time consultant and speaker for a number of Titanic related projects as well as apppearing on TV and radio as a featured guest.