In this award-winning book, critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson weaves together the voices and stories of real TITANIC survivors and witnesses to the disaster -- from the stewardess Violet Jessop to Captain Arthur Rostron of the CARPATHIA, who came to the rescue of the sinking ship. Packed with heartstopping action, devastating drama, fascinating historical details, loads of archival photographs on almost every page, quotes from primary sources, and painstaking back matter, this gripping story, which follows the TITANIC and its passengers from the ship's celebrated launch at Belfast to her cataclysmic icy end, is sure to thrill and move readers.


在這本獲獎的作品中，備受讚譽的作者黛博拉‧霍金森將真實的鐵達尼號生還者與目擊者的聲音及故事串聯起來，包含船上服務生范兒蕾‧潔思到前去救援的卡柏菲亞號船長亞瑟‧羅斯特。本書充滿驚心動魄的駭人劇情以及引人入勝的歷史細節，書中更大量引用事發當時的檔案照片、第一手資料的引文，與精心製作的附錄頁。這部扣人心弦的著作循著鐵達尼號與船上乘客的足跡，描述船隻在貝爾法斯特盛大的下水典禮，到最後撞上冰山造成重大災難的經過，必定會震撼和感動讀者的心。