And The Band Played On: The Enthralling Account Of What Happened After The Titanic Sank Av Christopher Ward

And The Band Played On: The Enthralling Account Of What Happened After The Titanic Sank Av Christopher Ward

On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank. Fifteen hundred passengers and crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck and continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down.The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume,......
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<p>On 14th April 1912 the <i>Titanic</i> struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank. Fifteen hundred passengers and crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck and continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down.<br><br>The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fianc¿ Mary, was expecting their first child, the author''s mother.<br><br>One hundred years later, Christopher Ward reveals a dramatic story of love, loss and betrayal, and the catastrophic impact of Jock''s death on two very different Scottish families. He paints a vivid portrait of an age in which class determined the way you lived - and died. <br><br>An outstanding piece of historical detective work, AND THE BAND PLAYED ON is also a moving account of how the author''s quest to learn more about his grandfather revealed the shocking truth about a family he thought he knew, a truth that had been hidden for nearly a hundred years.</
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On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank. Fifteen hundred passengers and crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck and continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down.The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fiancée, Mary, was expecting their first child, the author''s mother.One hundred years later, Christopher Ward reveals a dramatic story of love, loss and betrayal, and the catastrophic impact of Jock''s death on two very different Scottish families. He paints a vivid portrait of an age in which class determined the way you lived - and died. An outstanding piece of historical detective work, AND THE BAND PLAYED ON is also a moving account of how the author''s quest to learn more about his grandfather revealed the shocking truth about a family he thought he knew, a truth that had been hidden for nearly a hundred years.

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Ta steget inn i en av de mest gripende fortellingene fra historien med And The Band Played On: The Enthralling Account Of What Happened After The Titanic Sank Av Christopher Ward. Denne boken dykker dypt inn i de skjebnesvangre hendelsene som utspilte seg etter at det legendariske skipet møtte sin grusomme skjebne 14. april 1912.

En Fortelling Om Kjærlighet, Tap og Klasse

Gjennom en blanding av historisk detektivarbeid og personlig beretning, avdekker Ward hvordan skibets sistesekunder påvirket livene til to svært forskjellige skotske familier. Les om den unge fiolinisten Jock Hume, hvis eneste tanker var på sin forlovede, Mary, og det ufødte barnet hans. Da orkanen av tragedie rammer, må familiene konfrontere hemmligheter som har vært skjult i nesten hundre år.

  • Dramatisk beretning fra Titanic-katastrofen
  • Fokus på menneskelige relasjoner og klasseforskjeller i en svunnet tid
  • Engasjerende narrativ med dybde og følelser
  • Gir innsikt i historie og arv som former dagens samfunn

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And The Band Played On må leses av alle som ønsker å forstå mer om de menneskelige kostnadene ved maritim historie og de skjebnene som ble drevet av en tragedie av historiske proporsjoner. Ward viser hvordan enkeltmenneskets skjebne kan kaste lange skygger inn i framtiden, og hvordan kjærlighet kan overvinne selv de mest ufattelige omstendigheter.

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