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The riddle of the Titanic

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Ten years after the first exploration of the Titanic wreck two and a half miles under the north Atlantic, and eighty-four years after she sank, Robin Gardiner and Dan van der Vat reappraised the legendary maritime disaster. Why was the man at the helm when the Titanic hit the iceberg packed off to South Africa?Why did her reluctant Chief Officer 'still' feel uneasy about a ship on which he had never sailed before?Why did one of her stewards 'wish the bally ship at the bottom of the sea'?It was not only the sea that covered up the Titanic ...

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Orion mass market paperback
0752801678 / 9780752801674
Paperback / softback
03/06/1996
United Kingdom
English
336p., [24]p. of plates : ill.
18 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995.
A reissue of what has become a classic book on the legendary Titanic disaster Outlines a controversial conspiracy theory On its first publication, THE RIDDLE OF THE TITANIC spent a month on the SUNDAY TIMES bestseller list and has sold over 100,000 copies Core stocklist title The story of the Titanic is still of enduring public interest 'Impeccably researched and brilliantly argued' Beryl Bainbridge, EVENING STANDARD
A reissue of what has become a classic book on the legendary Titanic disaster Outlines a controversial conspiracy theory On its first publication, THE RIDDLE OF THE TITANIC spent a month on the SUNDAY TIMES bestseller list and has sold over 100,000 copies Core stocklist title The story of the Titanic is still of enduring public interest 'Impeccably researched and brilliantly argued' Beryl Bainbridge, EVENING STANDARD 1QSAN North Atlantic, 3JJC c 1900 - c 1914, HBG General & world history, HBLW 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HBTM Maritime history, MBN Public health & preventive medicine