SHADOW OF THE TITANIC BY ANDREW WILSON (Simon & Schuster £19

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Daily Mail:

As the 46,000-ton Titanic slipped beneath the waves at 2.20am on April 15,1912, it was the noise of the cries of those left aboard that would haunt the survivors in the lifeboats for the rest of their lives.

One described it as like a gigantic swarm of bees; another, 100,000 people at a Cup Final; a third, the roar of a crowd in a baseball stadium - he could never bear to go to another game.

That last detail is what differentiates Andrew Wilson’s book from the hundreds of others written about the Titanic: though he gives a gripping account of the disaster, his focus is elsewhere and largely hitherto untouched upon.

More at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a ... ILSON.html

[Dave Gittins]

If the book is as slipshod as the review it will be a real dud. There are errors too numerous to list.

The title of the book has already been used for a biography of Eva Hart.

We can expect all manner of trash between now and April 1912. I advise readers to save their money and don't buy anything until it's been reviewed by known experts, not just the ignorant press hacks.

[Atlantic1912]

We can expect all manner of trash between now and April 1912.

Hi Dave, I think that is a typo. Unless time travel has been invented!

Someone probably said the same thing 100 years ago.

[Dave Gittins]

I plead senility!