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Titanic Lives (2012)

by Richard Davenport-Hines(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0007321643 (ISBN13: 9780007321643)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

review 1: There should be a standard when writing a Titanic book, "If you have nothing new to say, don't say it at all." If you had not read more than two or three Titanic books, this book is a great beginners guide. The author does cover all aspects of the ship, that is for sure. However, and Davenport-Hines is not the first, we have an author that uses the SAME, tired resources. There is no original research and much of this can be found by using google search. Why would a reader buy a book when much of the material can be found online or in other books? Isn't the point to share something new with the reader? If you are new to the Titanic story, this book is for you.
review 2: This would absolutely be a book to use for research from the perspective of the people that s... moreurround the Titanic. To try to read it as a narrative nonfiction is a bit harder because it is dense with facts and research and an understanding of who these people were and how their lives all became interconnected when the Titanic struck the iceberg. I prefer my Titanic history a bit shorter (Iceberg, Right Ahead!) though not necessarily fictionalized (The Watch That Ends the Night) to give me enough truth but in an easily digestible way. less

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