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TITANIC - STEPHANIE BARCZEWSKI KARTONIERT (TB)

In a night of unforgettable tragedy  the Titanic  the world's largest liner on its maiden
voyage  struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11.40 p.m. on 14 April 1912 and sank at 2.20
a.m. the following morning. Over 1500 people died. Whose fault it was  and how the passengers
and crew reacted  has been a subject of dispute ever since the first news of the disaster
broke. Titanic: A Night Remembered  as well the story of the ship and its only voyage  is an
account of ten of those who died: among them Titanic's captain Edward Smith and builder Thomas
Andrews  John Jacob Astor  the richest man on board  and the bandmaster  Wallace Hartley  who
played as the ship sank. Stephanie Barczewski traces their lives and careers and what brought
all of them together on that fatal night. Many of those who died were treated as heroes (in
contrast to men such as J. Bruce Ismay and Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon  who used their influence to
get places in lifeboats). How these men and women were remembered in both Britain and America
says much about contemporary values of manhood  heroism  chivalry and national pride. Titanic:
A Night Remembered also sets the Titanic in the context of three ports: Belfast  where it was
built  Southampton  which lost 600 citizens as members of its crew  and Queenstown in Ireland 
its last port of call.

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