Titanic 9 Hours to Hell

W. B. Bartlett is both an experienced historian with a number of publications already to his credit and has also travelled and worked abroad extensively. In his varied career, he has visited fifty countries, working in many of them for extended periods. This has enabled him to understand just how powerful the impact of history can be in our understanding of the world in which we live. He is the author of many history books for Amberley, including titles on the Dam Busters, Titanic, Anglo-Saxons, King Cnut and the Vikings. He lives in Bournemouth.

Prologue 1. Arrival: 18 April 1912, New York & Washington 2. Three Ships: Titanic, Carpathia & Californian 3. The Players: Captains & Crews 4. An Ominous Beginning: 10 April 1912, Southampton 5. Outward Bound: 10 - 13 April 1912, Cherbourg, Queenstown & the North Atlantic 6. Into the Ice Zone: 14 April 1912, North Atlantic 7. Collision: 23.40, 14 April 1912, North Atlantic 49 Degrees 57 Minutes West, 41 Degrees 44 Minutes North 8. A Troubled Silence: 23.41 - 24.00, 14 April 1912 9. Uncovering the Boats: 00.01 - 00.30, 15 April 1912 10. Lower Away: 00.31 - 01.00, 15 April 1912 11. The Looming Crisis: 01.01 - 01.30, 15 April 1912 12. Nowhere to Go: 01.31 - 02.00, 15 April 1912 13. Waiting for Oblivion: 02.01 - 02.17, 15 April 1912 14. Descent into Hell: 02.18 - 02.20, 15 April 1912 15. The Survival Lottery: 02.21 - 04.00, 15 April 1912 16. Deliverance: 04.01 - 08.30, 15 April 1912 17. The World Waits: 15 - 18 April 1912, USA, Great Britain & Elsewhere 18. Honouring The Dead: April - May 1912, North Atlantic & its Periphery 19. Searching for the Truth: April - May 1912, New York & Washington 20. The British Perspective: May - June 1912, London 21. Post Mortem: The World After the Titanic Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index