| The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era Contributor(s): Russell, Gareth (Author), Funnell, Jenny (Read by) |
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ISBN: 150829674X ISBN-13: 9781508296744 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio OUR PRICE: $44.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Maritime History & Piracy - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 5.6" (0.50 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this original and meticulously researched narrative history, the author of the "stunning" (The Sunday Times) Young and Damned and Fair uses the sinking of the Titanic as a prism through which to examine the end of the Edwardian era and the seismic shift modernity brought to the Anglo-American world. In April 1912, six notable people were among those privileged to experience the height of luxury--first class passage on "the ship of dreams," the RMS Titanic: Lucy Leslie, Countess of Rothes; son of the British Empire, Tommy Andrews; American captain of industry John Thayer and his son Jack; Jewish-American immigrant Ida Straus; and American model and movie star Dorothy Gibson. Within a week of setting sail, they were all caught up in the horrifying disaster of the Titanic's sinking, one of the biggest news stories of the century. Today, we can see their stories and the Titanic's voyage as the beginning of the end of the established hierarchy of the Edwardian era. Writing in his elegant signature prose and using previously unpublished sources, deck plans, journal entries, and surviving artifacts, Gareth Russell peers through the portholes of these first-class travelers to immerse us in a time of unprecedented change in British and American history. Through their intertwining lives, he examines social, technological, political, and economic forces such as the nuances of the British class system, the explosion of competition in the shipping trade, the birth of the movie industry, the Irish Home Rule Crisis, and the Jewish-American immigrant experience while also recounting their intimate stories of bravery, tragedy, and selflessness. Masterful in its superb grasp of the forces of history, gripping in its moment-by-moment account of the sinking, and revelatory in discounting long-held myths, this absorbing, accessible, and authoritative account of the Titanic's life and death is destined to become the definitive book on the subject. |
Contributor Bio(s): Funnell, Jenny: - Jenny Funnell is a British actress whose film and television credits include As Time Goes By, Dark Souls, Doctors, Coronation Street, and many others. Russell, Gareth: - Educated at Oxford University and Queens University, Belfast, Gareth Russell is a historian, novelist, and playwright. He is the author of Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII; The Emperors: How Europe's Most Powerful Rulers were Destroyed by World War One; and An Illustrated Introduction to the Tudors. He lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. |