A Night To Remember
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of narrative non-fiction, A Night to Remember chronicles the catastrophic sinking of the RMS Titanic on the night of April 14–15, 1912, reconstructing the disaster with gripping, minute-by-minute precision. Walter Lord draws on interviews with over sixty survivors and an exhaustive wealth of primary sources to present one of history's most tragic maritime disasters as a vivid, human story rather than a mere catalogue of statistics. The tone is both urgent and elegiac, capturing the chaos, heroism, and heartbreaking social divisions that played out as the great ship slipped beneath the North Atlantic. Lord masterfully illustrates how the collision of hubris, technological overconfidence, and sheer misfortune conspired to doom over 1,500 souls in a matter of hours. First published in 1955, this definitive account remains the gold standard of Titanic literature and a timeless testament to the power of meticulous historical storytelling.
Author: Walter Lord
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Longmans, Green and Co
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of narrative non-fiction, A Night to Remember chronicles the catastrophic sinking of the RMS Titanic on the night of April 14–15, 1912, reconstructing the disaster with gripping, minute-by-minute precision. Walter Lord draws on interviews with over sixty survivors and an exhaustive wealth of primary sources to present one of history's most tragic maritime disasters as a vivid, human story rather than a mere catalogue of statistics. The tone is both urgent and elegiac, capturing the chaos, heroism, and heartbreaking social divisions that played out as the great ship slipped beneath the North Atlantic. Lord masterfully illustrates how the collision of hubris, technological overconfidence, and sheer misfortune conspired to doom over 1,500 souls in a matter of hours. First published in 1955, this definitive account remains the gold standard of Titanic literature and a timeless testament to the power of meticulous historical storytelling.