When the sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era of seismic change.Titanic
With new research and previously unseen first-hand accounts, Gareth Russell peers through the most famous portholes in the world to follow six travellers. Amongst them, a Jewish-American immigrant, an American movie star, a member of the British nobility, and a titan of industry. Setting these lives against that of the , Russell investigates social class, technological advancement, political turmoil and pioneering ambition in an age that swang between folly and brilliance, hubris and triumph.Titanic
A dramatic history of human endeavour told through extraordinary, diverse personalities, dispels myth to revive the story of a ship that was to become symbolic of its own doomed era.The Ship of Dreams
Previously published as .The Darksome Bounds of a Failing World