Titanic: True Stories of her Passengers, Crew and Legacy

Description

This book commemorates the enduring legacy of the world's most famous ship - TITANIC. Her story is one of all those bound together on that fateful voyage. On board were: writers, artists, honeymooners, sportsmen, priests, reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats, millionaires, children, crew and emigrants looking for a better life. This book tells of their lives, and shines the spotlight on: Some of the great ship's surprising treasuresHer feted voyage from Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyardThe fascinating museums devoted to her memory, including Titanic BelfastThe iconic music and moviesHer winged and four-legged passengersThe sister ships of Olympic and BritannicTales of heroismTheories surrounding Titanic's fatal collisionThe lifeboats and just how close the SS Californian was on that tragic nightHow Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and the inquiries viewed events These stories and much more lie inside.

Nicola Pierce published her first book for children, Spirit of the Titanic, to rave reviews and five printings within its first twelve months. City of Fate, her second book, transported the reader deep into the Russian city of Stalingrad during World War II. The novel was shortlisted for the Warwickshire School Library Service Award, 2014. Nicola went on to bring seventeenth-century Ireland vividly to life in Behind the Walls (2015), a rich emotional novel set in the besieged city of Derry in 1689, followed by Kings of the Boyne (2016), a moving and gritty account capturing the Battle of the Boyne (1690), which was shortlisted for the Library Association of Ireland (LAI) awards. In 2018 Nicola delved in to the true stories of the passengers, crew and the legacy of the fated ship Titanic, in her illustrated book of the same name. To read more about Nicola, go to her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/NicolaPierce-Author and on Twitter @NicolaPierce3.

handsome hardback -- History Ireland there is much more in this delightful book and it's not just an ideal book to dip in and out of, it's also a valuable resource in the Titanic canon and a pleasure to go back to -- rte.ie/culture I can't recommend it highly enough. I absolutely love it -- Dermot Keyes * WLR FM * a nice book to read ...the photographs are amazing...this is another big hit you have on your hands -- Gerry Kelly Show, LMFM