Aimed at being a children’s guide to the Titanic ocean liner, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in firsthand accounts of the tragic maiden voyage undertaken by the ship. A novel written many years before Titanic was built mirrored almost exactly the details of the disaster, and the well-known spiritualist, W. Featuring fiction and nonfiction books to accommodate every grade level, these selections are ideal for supporting specific lesson plans or for sparking your students' interest in one of history's most infamous disasters. From author Robert Ballard, the famed explorer who discovered the Titanic wreckage in 1985, and illustrator Ken Marschall who has worked on many books based on the Titanic in the past, comes this larger than life account about one of the most poignant moments in maritime history.

The 27-year-old and his parents, who came from the two wealthiest families in Pennsylvania, were among the most prominent passengers on the Titanic. Belfast is the birthplace of Titanic and this heritage hotel is a sister to our award-winning Titanic Hotel Liverpool. I’m a former national newspaper editor and magazine publisher – and the grandson of Jock Hume, a violinist in the Titanic’s band. I am a fan of books that recounts historical events, I've just finished Erik Larson The Devil in the White City, and I'm wondering if there is a similar book on the Titanic?This landmark building is now home to the world’s most authentic Titanic Hotel; where a warm welcome and an unforgettable experience awaits anyone visiting Northern Ireland on business or for pleasure. Marine historian Ken Rossignol presents the story of the Titanic from a unique perspective in this book- news reporting. Illustrator Ken Marschall has included dozens of paintings, photographs, and diagrams that provide an insight into the voyage of the ship.

Amenities include flat screen TV with entertainment system, luxurious toiletries and free wifi access in each room.As the band played on deck, 1,500 men, women, and children were swept into the ice-cold water of the North Atlantic. While working in an advertising agency in New York in the 1950s, some forty years after the sinking, Lord realised that many survivors would soon be reaching the end of their lives and would no longer be able to tell their stories. As the war entered its final stages, she faced off against the most brutal of forces—Germany's Intelligence Service, the Abwehr. Tickets for the Titanic Experience are based on a timed entry with slots available every 10 minutes throughout opening hours.

It was nice to know more about them and learn what they were like and their duties, giving humanity to each face including the captain. In this fact-filled retelling of its construction and doomed maiden voyage, David Long brings Titanic’s tragic tale to life. It spends a great amount of detail talking about all the people who had dreams or psychic visions of the sinking before they even went on the trip. So like with the Titanic, you think, 'What's the safest way to possibly send this book to America - surely the unsinkable ship is the safest way to send it? It further goes on to analyze the stories of hundreds of people who lost their lives, and the international efforts taken to prevent a repeat of such a disaster.

There were about a thousand on board Britannic when she foundered, many of them wounded, but remarkably only 28 people died – the warm water of the Aegean and Britannic’s proximity to the Greek island of Kea saving their lives. David Ross specialises in maritime and railway history and has written and contributed to numerous books on these subjects. Each bedroom has the original windows of this incredible building giving vast views over the historic Port of Liverpool.

Written in a lucid manner, the book further goes on to clear up many of the myths surrounding the sinking and wreckage of the ship. This book is a dry read, devoid of drama and stripped of humanity, but tells more about the disaster than a hundred other books combined.We're proud to be recognised as industry leaders for our accessibility standards and aim to meet all of our visitors' access requirements. The pair had met in 1897 at evening classes, where they were taught by the best as apprentices to a line of craftsmen who went back to the Arts and Crafts movement's William Morris and included the eccentric TJ Cobden-Sanderson - a man who ended his career by throwing blocks of his own typeface off Hammersmith Bridge and into the River Thames so that nobody could copy him. Like its British counterpart some weeks later, the Senators had the advantage of questioning witnesses while events were still fresh in their minds and before stories could be conveniently changed.