gilded lives fatal voyage by hugh brewster

“Brewster’s nuanced account introduces us to a plutocracy frolicking in the sunset of England’s Edwardian era and America’s Gilded Age. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. More than ever, we ask ourselves, “What would we have done?”

And with them, we gather on the Titanic’s sloping deck on that cold, starlit night and observe their all-too-human reactions as the disaster unfolds. Through them, we gain insight into the arts, politics, culture, and sexual mores of a world both distant and near to our own. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner’s most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing.Įmploying scrupulous research and featuring 100 rarely seen photographs, he accurately depicts the ship’s brief life and tragic denouement and presents compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers: millionaires John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim President Taft's closest aide, Major Archibald Butt writer Helen Churchill Candee the artist Frank Millet movie actress Dorothy Gibson the celebrated couturiere Lady Duff Gordon aristocrat Noelle, the Countess of Rothes and a host of other travelers. The Titanic has often been called 'An exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era,” but until now, her story has not been presented as such. And with them, we gather on the Titanic’s sloping deck on that cold, starlit night and observe their all-too-human reactions as the disaster unfolds.Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage takes us behind the paneled doors of the Titanic’s elegant private suites to present compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers.

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage takes us behind the paneled doors of the Titanic’s elegant private suites to present compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers.

Gilded lives fatal voyage by hugh brewster