The Unsinkable Titanic
The Titanic has an enthralling and timeless association with the word "unsinkable", but how unsafe was she, and should her name deserve its use today as the synonym for failure and catastrophe? Titanic's achievements have been overshadowed and her owners vilified. But through this new and fascinating book The Unsinkable Titanic: The Triumph Behind a Disaster century-long preconceptions are deconstructed to reveal the true legacy of the Titanic and the people behind her in this lavish restoration of a tainted past.
Marking the centennial of her loss this unmissable and fascinating book explores the widely overlooked story behind the importance, growth and failure of the Titanic, and through unravelling the mindset of crewmember and builder, owner and regulator, Titanic is revealed as the crowning moment of maritime development.
An invaluable companion to any study The Unsinkable Titanic: The Triumph Behind a Disaster will both satisfy the discerning researcher's thirst for knowledge as well as immerse new enthusiasts to this fascinating and epochal moment in history. This encompassing and intelligent book explores the complete background, rise, how the Titanic sank, and the demise and future of the greatest ship of all, plus how the sinking of the Titanic has become unjustly perceived by history.
Presenting the Titanic in her truest light yet The Unsinkable Titanic: The Triumph Behind a Disaster provides new insight to the prominence and significance of shipping and how it culminated with the Titanic disaster, the most legendary incident at sea of all. Published by The History Press, March 2012.