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    The Titanic: Disaster of the Century
    The Titanic: Disaster of the Century
    The Titanic: Disaster of the Century
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    The Titanic: Disaster of the Century

    Written by Wyn Craig Wade

    Narrated by Robertson Dean

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    In this centennial edition of the definitive book on the Titanic, new findings and interviews shed light on the world's most famous marine disaster for the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking.On
    that fatal night in 1912 the world's largest moving object disappeared
    beneath the waters of the North Atlantic in less than three hours. Why
    was the ship sailing through waters well known to be a "mass of floating
    ice"? Why were there too few lifeboats? Why were a third of the
    survivors crew members? Based on the sensational evidence of the U.S.
    Senate hearings, eyewitness accounts, and the results of the 1985 Woods
    Hole expedition that photographed the ship, this electrifying account
    vividly re-creates the vessel's last desperate hours afloat and fully
    addresses the questions that have continued to haunt the tragedy of the Titanic.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 1, 2012
    ISBN9781452675565

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    • 4/5
      Really good historical account.
    • 4/5
      This novel was a pleasure to read. Not that I can't find fault. Margaret of Ashbury, the wife of a rich merchant, hires a clerk to dictate her memoirs in the year 1355. The narrative switches between the present day and her experiences with her amanuensis, Brother Gregory in third person, and her own story told by her first person. Whenever we hear her own story in her own voice, I found the story absolutely engrossing. I was less taken at first with the third person parts, more than anything because within it, without the restraint of first person, Riley can't hold point of view, sometimes hopping heads within a paragraph. Yet I forgive what I often find a deal breaker, because the story of Brother Gregory and his interaction with the unorthodox Margaret is so compelling in its own right and compliments the story she's telling; it illuminates the misogyny of the day, especially among the religious, who don't see women as capable of reason or whose only possible virtue is obedience. The story is told with wonderful period detail bringing 14th Century England--the period of the Black Plague and its aftermath to life--lives high and low, from the nobility of the castle to rich merchants, clergy, even robber bands and traveling minstrels. And there's a winning humor lacing the entire tale throughout. There's also a thread of the fantastical that tempts me to tag this as fantasy--as Margaret has a "vision of light" and afterwards develops powers of healing. But then that could be seen as not out of place in a century that produced such mystics as Birgitta of Sweden, Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, and particularly Margery Kempe. Kempe dictated to scribes what is considered the first autobiography in the English language and her life has several points in common with the story of Margaret of Ashbury. I feel mixed about the ending. Part of me wishes it has ended when Margaret put a "finis" on her memoirs--though it does end on a good note for further books in the series--I saw two more on the bookstore shelf. After this first book, I'll certainly be picking more up someday.