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Titanic: The Myths and Legacy of a Disaster (Hardcover, New)
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Titanic: The Myths and Legacy of a Disaster (Hardcover, New)
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List price R524
Loot Price R428
Discovery Miles 4 280
You Save R96 (18%)
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On 15 April 2012, 100 years will have passed since the Royal Mail
Steamer Titanic hit an iceberg and foundered in the North Atlantic
with the loss of 1,503 lives. Had the disaster not occurred, what
is now the best-known ship in the world would have lost the title
of the largest liner within just two years. She was certainly not
the fastest passenger ship of the time and can be considered a
technological throwback, yet Titanic captures the imagination like
no other. This book seeks to explore the myths and the truth about
Titanic and explores the legacy that has made the ship so well
known. Why was she built? Who really owned her? Why was nobody ever
proved negligent? How has today's transportation been made safer by
Titanic? Have we really learned the right lessons? Perhaps not!
Since 1912 there have been worse disasters yet none has replaced
Titanic in the popular consciousness. Her legacy exists in
procedures, building regulation, navigational practice, statues,
poems, novels, movies and even a musical. This book explores why.
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