Morgan - young, rich, Edwardian - narrates the hopes and plans of the first class passengers during the four days before the 'unsinkable' Titanic ended in ghastly catastrophe. Bainbridge writes flawlessly, in language he would have used, neither too impersonally nor sentimentally - with very well-researched descriptions of the floating hotel with its engine rooms - evoking the emotions and reactions of passengers and crew in ice-bound desolation.
(Joan Jackson - bwl 27 December 2004 ) |
