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Indlæser... Lifeboat No. 8: An Untold Tale of Love, Loss, and Surviving the Titanic (Kindle Single)af Elizabeth Kaye
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A very quick read, drawn together from eye witness accounts and interviews from newspapers, it tells the story of several survivors who escaped the Titanic on Lifeboat No. 8. It is well written and heartfelt. It describes acts of bravery and selflessness as well as leaving an aura of heart rending sorrow for those who did not survive. A nice little read for anyone interested in the Titanic. Lifeboat No. 8 is literally the story of how the passengers in lifeboat no. 8 came to be there. Nothing earth shattering; they were all women except for the Captain and 2 oarers. The short story focused on two of these women, period. After I read it I asked, why? Why was this written and why did I read it? Also, the numbers in the book concerning deaths was totally off. This is a novelised version of what happened on the Titanic's lifeboat no 8 (the one where the women did the rowing and some of the seamen refused to turn back to pick up any survivors). It is based on testimony from those survivors, so is historically accurate, as far as it can reasonably be, given the likelihood of differing perceptions of the truth under such extreme stress; and allowing for a measure of creativity in the presentation of the exact dialogue. Although as gripping as one would expect in the right places, it is told in rather a matter of fact way and sheds no real new light on these events. The ship doesn't split in two here. 3.5/5 ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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HTML: When the Titanic started sinking, who would make it off alive? The two cousins who had been so eager to see their first iceberg? The maid who desperately tried to escape with the baby in her care? The young newlyweds who'd booked passage despite warnings not to? More than one hundred years after that disastrous and emblematic voyage, Elizabeth Kaye reveals the extraordinary, little-known story behind one of the first lifeboats to leave the doomed ship. A Second Edition of the This New York Times and Kindle best seller, it has been freshly edited and expanded by the author with new material. Told in real time and in the actual voices of survivors, Kaye's poignant, pulse-pounding narrative includes the story of the Countess of Rothes, the wealthiest woman on the ship, bound for California, where she and her husband planned to start an orange farm. It was the Countess, dressed in ermine and pearls, who took command of Lifeboat No. 8, rowing for hours through the black and icy water. In the words of one of the Titanic's crew, she was "more of a man than any we have on board." At the heart of Kaye's tale is a budding romance between the Countess's maid, Roberta Maioni, and the Titanic's valiant wireless operator, Jack Phillips. While Roberta made it safely onto Lifeboat No. 8, holding nothing but a photo of Jack she had run back to her cabin to retrieve, he remained on the ship, where he would send out the world's first SOS signal. But would it be received in time to save his life? Surviving that fateful night in the North Atlantic was not the end of the saga for those aboard Lifeboat No 8. Kaye reveals what happened to each passenger and crew member and how the legendary maritime disaster haunted them forever. A century later, we're still captivated by the Titanic and its passengers. With its skillful use of survivors' letters, diaries, and testimonies, "Lifeboat No. 8" adds a dramatic new chapter to the ongoing story. .Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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This book was very frightening, even for me. I can’t imagine your life turning on a dime like that. Hearing the true tales of all these people’s perspectives rally made me wonder. Although, I thought it could be a little more suspenseful for being such a great story and storyline. I really wish I felt the romance too. I would recommend this book to anyone studying the Titanic. This non-fiction was actually interesting compared to some books at least. To conclude, this book was decent for how short it was. ( )