Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From Audiobook

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• “Lost in all the arguments about hubris, folly, and class that enfold the Titanic story like a Grand Banks fog have been a myriad of long-forgotten or never-known human stories, tales of passengers and crew—and owners and builders and speculators and rescuers—who were riveted together both in and by this great maritime tragedy. Here at last is the true memorial to them all, a book well worthy of marking the centenary of the crystal-clear night when the immense ship slid to her terrible doom.”

  — Simon Winchester, OBE, New York Times bestselling author

• “An astonishing work of meticulous research, which allows us to know, in painful detail, the men and women on that fateful voyage. Even now, a hundred years later, Mr. Davenport-Hines finds a new and heartbreaking story to tell.”

  — Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey and Titanic

• “Impressive in both its writing and reporting…It’s a romp, from the valets—there 31 personal maids or valets on board—to the dressmaker Lady Duff Gordon (“a pioneer of sexy underwear”) to Joseph Laroche, the only black man on board and husband of a Frenchwoman, mother of his two daughters…That’s what’s so fun about this book. You don’t know who will be strolling down the deck next. The ship holds a million stories.”

  — USA Today

• “The story of the Titanic has been told many times; this one takes a sociological perspective, with the confident, graceful prose of fine fiction.”

  — Wall Street Journal

• “A shattering human story that is also, when told as Davenport-Hines tells it, utterly compelling.”

  — Sunday Times (London)

• “A meticulous, engrossing recreation of the disaster and the social reality that shaped it.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Offers interesting explanations of the formation of icebergs, ship design, and the nature of transatlantic travel…The vignettes covering those in second and third class are especially moving, as Hines stresses the hopes of many to begin a new life in America. This is a well-done and creative retelling of a still-riveting story.”

  — Booklist

• “Davenport-Hines presents a detailed collective biography of practically everyone involved with Titanic, from her most (and least) famous passengers to the sailors to the shipbuilders. Even the iceberg gets a backstory and denouement…A well-researched and appealing read.”

  — Library Journal

• “A moving account…The book has all the inevitability and pathos of Greek tragedy, but by maintaining the personal dimension, the author transforms a narrative monumental hubris meeting human error into a haunting story of real, intersecting lives on a collision course with destiny.”

  — Kirkus Reviews