And with them, we gather on the Titanic's sloping deck on that cold, starlit night and observe their all-too-human reactions as the disaster unfolds. Through them, we gain insight into the arts, politics, culture, and sexual mores of a world both distant and near to our own. Employing scrupulous research, he accurately depicts the ship's brief life and tragic denouement and presents compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers: millionaires John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim President Taft's closest aide, Major Archibald Butt writer Helen Churchill Candee the artist Frank Millet movie actress Dorothy Gibson the celebrated couturiere Lady Duff Gordon aristocrat Noelle, the Countess of Rothes and a host of other travelers. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner's most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing.
The Titanic has often been called An exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era, but until now, her story has not been presented as such. Other titles include Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, a Governor Generals Award nominee in 1998 and an adult book RMS TITANIC: Gilded Lives on a Fatal Voyage. Toronto Reference Library Elizabeth Beeton Auditoriumįor more Thought Exhange Programs, visit: įor more Thought Exhange Programs, visit: View the entire comment thread.Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage takes us behind the paneled doors of the Titanic's elegant private suites to present compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers. Titanic weaves the story of that fateful crossing with compelling portraits of the people on board-those who survived and those who tragically lost their lives-allowing us to place ourselves on that sloping deck and ask, "What would we do?" On the way are insightful tomes like Hugh Brewster’s Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, placing in historical perspective the rich and famous aboard the legendary liner. Robert Ballard’s bestseller, The Discovery of the Titanic and Titanic: An Illustrated History.īrewster’s R.M.S. A real expert on the Titanic, Brewster was for two decades an editor and publisher at Madison Press Books where he helped edit and compile the images for Dr. Toronto Public Library is pleased to welcome award-winning writer Hugh Brewster to talk about his new book on this disaster which continues to grip readers. Gilded Lives Fatal Voyage takes its title from Mark Twains famous observation that enduringly characterised an era and the reference is an apt one. We must have hit an iceberg, a voice called out. Then the ship’s engines stopped, and she heard footsteps in the corridor. It seemed to her as if a giant hand was rolling huge bowling balls deep beneath her. One hundred years ago, on April 14, 1912, the great ocean liner Titanic went down. Lucy Duff Gordon was awakened by a strange, rumbling noise.
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