{"product_id":"voyagers-of-the-titanic-passengers-sailors-shipbuilders-aristocrats-and-the-worlds-they-came-from-9780062107053","title":"Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came from","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An astonishing work.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Julian Fellowes, Creator and Executive Producer of \"Downton Abbey\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A book well worthy of marking the centenary of the crystal-clear night when the immense ship slid to her terrible doom.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Simon Winchester, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Professor and the Madman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been one hundred years since the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in the North Atlantic, yet worldwide fascination with the epic tragedy remains as strong as ever. With \u003cem\u003eVoyagers of the Titanic\u003c\/em\u003e, Richard Davenport-Hines gives us a magnificent history of the people intimately connected with the infamous ship--from deal-makers and industry giants, like J.P. Morgan, who built and operated it; to Molly Brown, John Jacob Astor IV, and other glittering aristocrats who occupied its first class cabins; to the men and women traveling below decks hoping to find a better life in America. Commemorating the centennial anniversary of the great disaster, \u003cem\u003eVoyagers of the Titanic\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fascinating, uniquely original view of one of the most momentous catastrophes of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavenport-Hines, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRichard Davenport-Hinesis the acclaimed biographer of W. H. Auden and the Macmillan dynasty. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eProust at the Majestic: The Last Days of the Author Whose Book Changed Paris\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a regular contributor to the U.K. publications \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperLuxe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50440117551378,"sku":"9780062107053","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45e7ec0d-392b-4bd0-ae0f-09f52a895e6e.jpg?v=1737117989","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/voyagers-of-the-titanic-passengers-sailors-shipbuilders-aristocrats-and-the-worlds-they-came-from-9780062107053","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}