Download or read book Titanic written by Nicola Pierce and published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book commemorates the enduring legacy of the world's most famous ship – TITANIC. Her story is one of all those bound together on that fateful voyage. On board were: writers, artists, honeymooners, sportsmen, priests, reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats, millionaires, children, crew and emigrants looking for a better life. This book tells of their lives, and shines the spotlight on: - Some of the great ship's surprising treasures - Her fêted voyage from Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard - The fascinating museums devoted to her memory, including Titanic Belfast - The iconic music and movies - Her winged and four-legged passengers - The sister ships of Olympic and Britannic - Tales of heroism - Theories surrounding Titanic's fatal collision - The lifeboats and just how close the SS Californian was on that tragic night - How Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and the inquiries viewed events These stories and much more lie inside.