It has been one hundred years since the sinking of the passenger liner
Titanic in the North Atlantic, yet worldwide fascination with the epic
tragedy remains as strong as ever. With Voyagers of the Titanic,
Richard Davenport-Hines gives us a magnificent history of the people
intimately connected with the infamous ship--from deal-makers and
industry giants, like J.P. Morgan, who built and operated it; to Molly
Brown, John Jacob Astor IV, and other glittering aristocrats who
occupied its first class cabins; to the men and women traveling below
decks hoping to find a better life in America. Commemorating the
centennial anniversary of the great disaster, Voyagers of the Titanic
offers a fascinating, uniquely original view of one of the most
momentous catastrophes of the 20th century.