Titanic: the Death and Life of a Legend

Titanic: the Death and Life of a Legend
by Michael Davie
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Titanic

Titanic : the death and life of a legend

By Michael Davie. New York: Vintage Books, 2012.

The author passed away at the age of 81, seven years before this book was published. The Titanic (which was a royal mail ship, along with being a luxury liner) famously sank in April 1912. This book was published in 2012, marking the 100th anniversary of the maritime disaster. It is a historic masterpiece, filled with photographs, drawings, and line-by-line court testimonies from investigations following the sinking. This book provides a chronicle of events, sharing both statistics and intimate descriptions of passengers, and is a must-read for any Titanic enthusiast.

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