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The tragic story of the Titanic, her sinking with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, and the mysterious aftermath, still holds endless fascination over 80 years later. This comprehensive chronicle of the entire saga, much lauded by the experts when it was first published, has been revised and expanded and now brings the story up to date. New features include the authors' own exclusive color pictures of the wreck, and the most detailed passenger Ust yet published. Meticulous research on three continents is supported by more than a thousand rare, contemporary photographs, plans and drawings, combining to make this the definitive record of the most talked-about and written-about passenger liner in history.
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Eight decades after the sinking of the Titanic, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, the public's fascination with the ship, the tragedy and its mysterious aftermath remains as strong as ever. The new... Tovább

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The tragic story of the Titanic, her sinking with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, and the mysterious aftermath, still holds endless fascination over 80 years later. This comprehensive chronicle of the entire saga, much lauded by the experts when it was first published, has been revised and expanded and now brings the story up to date. New features include the authors' own exclusive color pictures of the wreck, and the most detailed passenger Ust yet published. Meticulous research on three continents is supported by more than a thousand rare, contemporary photographs, plans and drawings, combining to make this the definitive record of the most talked-about and written-about passenger liner in history.
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Eight decades after the sinking of the Titanic, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, the public's fascination with the ship, the tragedy and its mysterious aftermath remains as strong as ever. The new edition of this highly respected book offers a comprehensive chronicle of the entire saga, from the liner's design as the supposedly safest vessel afloat, through her maiden voyage carrying the social, artistic and financial elite of two continents, and her sinking in the early hours of 15 April 1912. It continues up to the discovery of the wreck in 1985, the controversy surrounding the recovering of artifacts from the vessel and an account of their conservation and preservation.
John Eaton and Charles Haas, two renowned Titanic experts, have themselves dived down to the wreck. Their exclusive seabed photographs form the basis of a new and fascinating color section. Also featured in this updated and expanded edition is an additional chapter covering the 1985 discovery, the 1986 crewed exploration, the 1987 artifact recovery, the 1991 cinematic expedition, and the 1993 research and recovery expedition. Coverage of the 1992 British Ministry of Transport's reassessment of evidence dealing with the Californian, together with the most detailed passenger list yet published, further enhance the book's acclaimed comprehensiveness.
The Titanic was one of the best photographed vessels of all time. Here is an astonishingly thorough pictorial record of her brief existence. Beginning with her conception, more than a thousand photographs and artists' impressions cover her construction and launching, her fitting-out and trials, preparations for her maiden passenger-carrying voyage, her departure from Southampton and arrival at Cherbourg, her voyage to Queenstown, and the drama of her final disaster after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and the aftermath through to the present day.
There are photos of her designers and builders, her passengers and crew, and of other vessels in her vicinity when she sank, including the Carpathia and the Californian. Also featured are astonishing pictures of the wreck two and a half miles beneath the sea. There are sections on the American and British inquiries and on the world's memorials to the Titanic and her people.
John Eaton has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and has written many articles based on original research into the Titanic story. Charles Haas has written extensively on the Titanic and the White Star Line, is well known for his lectures on the subject, and has also appeared frequently on radio and television. Both authors are founders of Titanic International, a New Jersey-based shipping history and research organization with members woridwide. Vissza