{"product_id":"book-d8i5","title":"The Ship of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this original and meticulously researched narrative history, the author of the \"stunning\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cem\u003eYoung and Damned and Fair \u003c\/em\u003euses the sinking of the Titanic as a prism through which to examine the end of the Edwardian era and the seismic shift modernity brought to the Anglo-American world. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn April 1912, six notable people were among those privileged to experience the height of luxury-first class passage on \"the ship of dreams,\" the RMS \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e: Lucy Leslie, Countess of Rothes; son of the British Empire Tommy Andrews; American captain of industry John Thayer and his son Jack; Jewish-American immigrant Ida Straus; and American model and movie star Dorothy Gibson. Within a week of setting sail, they were all caught up in the horrifying disaster of the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e's sinking, one of the biggest news stories of the century. Today, we can see their stories and the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e's voyage as the beginning of the end of the established hierarchy of the Edwardian era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting in his elegant signature prose and using previously unpublished sources, deck plans, journal entries, and surviving artifacts, Gareth Russell peers through the portholes of these first-class travelers to immerse us in a time of unprecedented change in British and American history. Through their intertwining lives, he examines social, technological, political, and economic forces such as the nuances of the British class system, the explosion of competition in the shipping trade, the birth of the movie industry, the Irish Home Rule Crisis, and the Jewish-American immigrant experience while also recounting their intimate stories of bravery, tragedy, and selflessness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasterful in its superb grasp of the forces of history, gripping in its moment-by-moment account of the sinking, and revelatory in discounting long-held myths, this absorbing, accessible, and authoritative account of the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e's life and death is destined to become the definitive book on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347059482928,"sku":"BDd8i5","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347059515696,"sku":"10d8i5","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d8i5-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773690788","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d8i5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}