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The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era
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Product Description “Gareth Russell has chosen a handful of passengers on the doomed liner and by training a spotlight on every detail of their lives, he has given us a meticulous, sensitive, and at times harsh picture of the early 20th century in Britain and America. A marvelous piece of work.” —Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey A riveting account of the Titanic disaster and the unraveling of the gilded Edwardian society that had created it. 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 Writing in his elegant signature prose and using previously unpublished sources, deck plans, journal entries, and surviving artifacts, Gareth Russell peers through the portholes of these first-class travelers to immerse us in a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, revelatory in discounting long-held myths, and lavishly illustrated with color and black and white photographs, this absorbing, accessible, and authoritative account of the Titanic’s life and death is destined to become the definitive book on the subject. Review 2019 Booklist Editors' Choice "Mr. Russell's conceit works magnificently. It installs a fresh lens onto a drama that most of us first heard as children....It's a beautiful requiem." ― The Wall Street Journal "Consistently involving reading....In The Ship of Dreams, readers get the story of this particular floating Tower of Babel in riveting detail, and with all the wider context they could want." ― Christian Science Monitor "The best way to describe this book is 'Downton Abbey' at sea....While there are many Titanic books, this is one readers will consider a favorite." ― Voyage, Journal of Titanic International Society "Vivid, thrilling...an extraordinary story of human courage." ― Times Literary Supplement "Endlessly fascinating...earns a richly deserved spot next to Walter Lord's A Night to Remember as an indispensable resource on the Titanic...utterly riveting." ― Shelf Awareness "Gareth Russell has chosen a handful of passengers on the doomed liner and by training a spotlight on every detail of their lives, he has given us a meticulous, sensitive and at times harsh picture of the early twentieth century in Britain and America. A marvellous piece of work." -- Julian Fellowes, creator of "Downton Abbey" “Gareth Russell invites us into the first-class staterooms aboard the RMS Titanic and brings to life the Edwardian era and its elite—the exclusive circle of Europeans and Americans who wielded unimaginable wealth and influence on both sides of the Atlantic. Deeply researched and lushly detailed, The Ship of Dreams shines new light on both the bygone Golden Age and the iconic tragedy that marked the beginning of its end.” -- Lynn Vincent, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Indianapolis “A meticulously researched retelling of history's most infamous voyage..
