A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic

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Y con este libro ponemos punto y final al reto eduardiano. Parece que fue ayer cuando lo empece y ya han pasado 12 meses en los que he hecho otras tantas lecturas, ninguna de las cuales ha tenido desperdicio, ya que no pocas de ellas están entre mis mejores lecturas del año. Además, esta iniciativa me ha permitido darle una oportunidad a varias obras que tenia desde hacia mucho tiempo cogiendo polvo en mis estanterías. Como el caso del libro que nos ocupa. Smith, Richard (21 February 2009) Frozen in time...the watch which shows the moment newlywed Titanic passengers fell into sea and died

A Night to Remember gives a gripping, detailed account of what happened the night the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean, killing more than 1,500 people. Originally published in 1955, Walter Lord had interviewed survivors and reviewed documents to create this incredible narrative of the events surrounding April 15, 1912. I also liked the context Lord gave to the tragedy: The 1958 movie adaption of this book is imo the best movie about the Titanic. I’d never read the book until now and it’s really good. Written in 1955, Walter Lord, interviewed many of the survivors and pieced together a minute by minute re-telling of what happened that fateful night. This was the fifth night of the Titanic’s maiden voyage to New York, and it was already clear that she was not only the largest but also the most glamorous ship in the world. The book received widespread praise from contemporary critics. The New York Times called it "stunning ... one of the most exciting books of this or any other year". [6] The Atlantic Monthly praised the book for doing "a magnificent job of re-creative chronicling, enthralling from the first word to the last." [6] Entertainment Weekly said that it was "seamless and skillful... it's clear why this is many a researcher's Titanic bible", while USA Today described it as "the most riveting narrative of the disaster." [6]Es verdad es que “La Última Noche del Titanic” fue un libro pionero en su época, una suerte de Biblia sobre el famoso hundimiento y como se gestó. Pero en la actualidad ha quedado un tanto desfasado y corto, mucha de la información que aporta, se ha demostrado que es inexacta o no ser verídica. A mi, personalmente se me ha quedado en muy poquita cosa, he notado que me faltaban ciertos datos o que había muchas cosas que no coincidían con lo que tenía entendido (que también os digo que yo no me considero ninguna experta sobre el tema del Titanic, para que mentir) Pero aún así, no creo que haya que quitarle ningún tipo de mérito a la obra, y menos por un libro que fue escrito en una época donde no había tantas posibilidades tecnológicas o técnicas historiografícas y recabar información era más difícil. Approximately 123 of the 324 first-class passengers perished in the disaster. 173 of the 284 second-class passengers died. The crew and third-class passengers suffered the most casualties. Out of 710 third-class passengers, only 174 survived. Among the fatalities were 700 crew members. An estimated 53 children lost their lives. Only 337 bodies were recovered. Written in 1955, it reads with a surprisingly modern and appealing voice - it's not stuffy or wordy in it's explanations of what happened that fateful night, and although the 'cast of characters' is long, it's an extremely riveting read.

I listened to this book on audio and was so engrossed I finished it in one session. Highly recommended. Heyer, Paul (2012). Titanic Century: Media, Myth, and the Making of a Cultural Icon. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-39815-5. This is a surprisingly short audiobook, about five hours but it's utterly compelling listening. Lord keeps it taut and clear as we switch through various povs to experience that night when the 'unsinkable' Titanic went down.

The first adaption for the book was the 1956 episode for the TV show Kraft Television Theatre on March 28 th for NBC; the episode was re-released a month later. The second adaption was the classic British film adaptation of the same name was released on July 3 rd, 1958. As a non-fiction book, this is not a dry read at all. Sure, it's got a whole lot of facts about the ship, the sinking and the rescue efforts, but it's presented in an easy-to-read language, interspersed with amazing true stories. The film won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film, and received high praise from reviewers on both sides of the Atlantic. [46] Box office [ edit ]

This was the fifth night of the Titanic's maiden voyage to New York, and it was already clear that she was not only the largest but also the most glamorous ship in the world. Even the passengers' dogs were glamorous. John Jacob Astor had along his Airedale Kitty. Henry Sleeper Harper, of the publishing family, had his prize Pekingese Sun Yat-sen... Chirnside, Mark (2004). The Olympic-class ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus. ISBN 978-0-7524-2868-0. I'm fascinated with the events of the Titanic so I will essentially read any book involving it. That was the case with this book. Crowther, Bosley (17 December 1958). "Screen: Sinking of Titanic; A Night to Remember Opens at Criterion". The New York Times . Retrieved 16 December 2012. When I was about 15, I was completely obsessed with the Titanic (yep, that's the year the movie came out!), and I brought every book I could find about it. And at the time, hyping up the movie, there was a lot of books available.

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But it went beyond that. If this supreme achievement was so terribly fragile, what about everything else? If wealth meant so little on this cold April night, did it mean so much the rest of the year? Scores of ministers preached that the Titanic was a heaven-sent lesson to awaken people from their complacency, to punish them for a top-heavy faith in material progress. If it was a lesson, it worked — people have never been sure of anything since. Also, Lightoller is depicted nearly being crushed by the fourth funnel falling in the ship's last moments. It was actually the first funnel that fell near Lightoller. [40] [41] [31] Aldridge, Rebecca (2008). The Sinking of the Titanic. New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7910-9643-7.