{"product_id":"titanic-victims-and-villains","title":"Titanic: Victims and Villains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is so much heroism attached to the sinking of the Titanic?\u003c\/strong\u003e Why do we accord impossible glory to the miserable, misbegotten drowining of the equivalent of a small town? What process led to the creation of champions? Who were the real heroes, and how were they overlooked? What did society - and the press - do with an overriding need for blame? By identifying the fable-making, and finally throwing off a blanket of boasting, this book enables a fresh, sharp focus on history's most famous shipwreck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe see into the nature of prejudice, public values and political and national motives. It explores the light and the dark of what we thin we know: about the engineers, the musicians, the Captain, his officers, owners and officialdom - as well as the sinking itself and society's curious 'celebration' of abject catastrophe. It also looks at sacrificial victims, in particular the character of Captain Stanley Lord of the Californian, a man tarred with abandoning fifteen hundred people to their fate. Backed up with a new photographic archive and bolstered by a series of contemporary extracts to support its arguments, this is Titanic history presented in an entirely new and authentic light.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231564124504,"sku":"9780752445700","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780752445700_0a1d1412-a23c-4eb9-837e-3d3d346b4563.jpg?v=1777180527","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/titanic-victims-and-villains","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}