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Shadow of the Titanic
- The Extraordinary Stories of those Who Survived
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
Although we think we know the story of the Titanic - the famously unsinkable ship that hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Britain to America in April 1912 - little has been written about what happened to the survivors after the tragedy.
How did the loss of the ship shape the lives of the people who survived? How did those who were saved feel about those who perished? And how did they remember that terrible night? Shadow of the Titanic will shed new light on this unforgettable event by showing how the disaster continued to shape the lives of those passengers who escaped the sinking ship.
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- S. Morris
- 20-09-20
The Survivors Story
Shadow of The Titanic piqued my curiosity as it begins where the Titanic disaster ends. Tracing the lives of some of the survivors, it tells a fascinating story of the various fates that befell those people. I listened to the sample and was hooked, so purchased the book. My only minor hesitation at the time was the narrator and the way he would alter his voice to represent the various peoples accounts. However, after a while, I came around to his style and actually felt his skill at a multitude of accents and being able to convey a female voice too, was that of a skilled narrator. he gave the personal accounts included in this book an air of realism as if the people were telling you their story in person.
The lives of some of those covered here was truly fascinating, full of twists and turns in some cases and tragedy and sadness in others.
Perhaps the personal story covered in this book that surprised me the most was that of Madeline Aster. Her obsessive and violent relationship with regards her third husband. Another very interesting person was the story of Lady Duff-Gordon. She led a very hedonistic lifestyle along with a rather disturbing revelation in her memoirs that was ... well, you have to read the book to find out, won't you! :)
Maybe the saddest Titanic survivor, perhaps that's a controversial statement, was the life of White Star chairman, J. Bruce Ismay. Oddly, it seems to me that the fury people felt for him was about the fact he chose to survive and not go down with the ship rather than-his disregard of the ice warnings that led to the disaster itself. Ismay led a very tortured existence after the sinking and punished himself for his actions and inactions on that night. Back in 2012 on the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, I went to visit the grave of Bruce Ismay at a local cemetery less than a mile from where I live. I found his resting place in one corner and saw a bunch of fresh flowers atop his grave with a note that read, "We forgive you.". I found that to be quite poignant.
I am forced to agree with other reviewers here with respect to the author's filling in gaps he could never know. He seems to believe he had knowledge of the last moments of the thought processes of those who chose to end their lives. Other than a detailed suicide note, of which none are referenced here, there is no way one can know the inner thoughts of anyone cited in this book. Sure, if you're writing fiction you can do such a thing, but from a documentary perspective you cannot. Had the author said that based on what he knew of those people, their circumstances and known sate of mind and used that to construct a plausible rationale for the suicide of those included here, then at least he'd have made a suitable disclaimer.
In fact, I would point out that most of those who did commit suicide, did so for reasons not to do with their Titanic experiences at all and so their actions were not as a result of that disaster. From memory, the only person I can possibly attribute the Titanic experience to a subsequent suicide was the stewardess that shared a room with Violet Jessop, Annie Robinson.
Despite my critical observations above, this is still a very interesting read and well worth your time.
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- Louise
- 07-07-23
Interesting
I liked the book and I liked the narration. I felt that some of the life stories were covered in a little too much detail and my mind kept drifting off.
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- katoblue
- 01-05-23
Bit dry in places but fascinating in others
Narrator very good.
I almost gave up after the first chapter which is the weakest, but persevered. Really interesting to hear some bits of the later lives of the Titanic survivors I did not know. Some things in this book are very well known but other stories completely new to me.
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- Chris Barrs
- 14-07-22
A great listen with a great narrator
A lot of these stories I already knew but the depth this book went in to was incredible. Awesome narration.
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- Denise Roberts-Hart
- 14-07-21
The narrator Bill Wallis !
The voice of Bill Wallis made this book compelling and I would limit an hour a night !
I really loved hearing about how the survivors coped after the tragedy.
I have actually listened to this 3 times!
This being the most interesting because I heard pieces I must have been distracted from the other two occasions I listened.
I will leave it for a while and go back and possibly listen again
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- Loraine
- 07-02-21
Fantastic Read
Narrator was fantastic, couldn't stop listening if you love titanic you'll love this book
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