Hugh Brewster. (2012). Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World. Crown.

Hugh Brewster. 2012. Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World. Crown.

Hugh Brewster, Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World. Crown, 2012.

Hugh Brewster. Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World. Crown, 2012.

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   • bioText: Hugh Brewster has twenty-five years of experience in creating books about the Titanic as an editor, publisher, and writer. He worked with Robert D. Ballard to produce the 1987 international bestseller The Discovery of the Titanic and oversaw the creation of Titanic: An Illustrated History, a book that provided inspiration for James Cameron’s epic movie.  Brewster is also the author of Inside the Titanic, 882 1/2 Amazing Answers to All Your Questions About the Titanic, and Deadly Voyage and has written twelve award-winning books for young readers, including Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, which was chosen as one of the best books of 2007 by the Washington Post. He lives in Toronto.
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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. 
The Titanic has often been called "An exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era,” but until now, her story has not been presented as such. 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.
Employing 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. Through them, we gain insight into the arts, politics, culture, and sexual mores of a world both distant and near to our own. 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. More than ever, we ask ourselves, “What would we have done?”

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   • source: New York Times Book Review
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     "Brewster's nuanced account introduces us to a plutocracy frolicking in the sunset of England's Edwardian era and America's Gilded Age. He pushes past stereotypes to vividly describe the elite realm on deck"

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   • source: Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
   • content: "You needn't be an avid Titanic scholar or enthusiast to find this story spellbinding. No fiction author could ever concoct a tale of greater tragedy, irony, pathos, 'what ifs' and 'if onlys,' heroism, cowardice, wealth and poverty."
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   • source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
   • content: "[A] brilliant account of the first-class passengers who went down with the ship, giving us a glimpse into a Gilded Age about to disappear forever....Brewster's method is simple and highly entertaining."
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   • source: Christian Science Monitor
   • content: "classy...delicious, wonderfully readable"
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   • source: San Antonio Express-News
   • content: "A lively tour through the lives of a handful of noteworthy first-class passengers"
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   • source: Library Journal (starred review)
   • content: "This is one of those rare books on the subject that provides information both new and relevant, in a scholarly but readable way. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the social history of the early 20th century."
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   • source: Kirkus Reviews
   • content: "[A]n impressive amount of information, often directly pulling from firsthand accounts. The author vividly renders the collision, the sinking, the chilling wail of unseen swimmers calling from the cold water and the shipwreck's aftermath....a welcome, interesting addition to Titanic-related literature."
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   • source: Marian Fowler, author of In a Gilded Cage
   • content: "Full of delicious details, from champagne flutes to the careless luxe of furs and satin, this is a spell-binding story, fresh, original and totally absorbing."
9. • premium: False
   • source: Don Lynch, author of Titanic: An Illustrated History and Ghosts of the Abyss
   • content: "Focuses on an area of the disaster that has long been overlooked --that of the prominent people who were involved....a compelling account of who they were and how this select group of names came together in one enormous tragedy."
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    • source: George Behe, author of On Board RMS Titanic and The Carpathia and th
    • content: "A fascinating and engaging account of the Titanic disaster....a definite "must-read" for the centenary of the Titanic disaster, and I feel certain it will quickly be regarded as a standard work on the subject."
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      January 15, 2012
      In time for the centennial commemoration of the sinking of the Titanic, a close look at the lives of the ship's most privileged passengers. Drawing on a wide range of material, Titanic expert Brewster explores the world of the wealthy passengers, especially the intricate network of complicated social connections and public scandals that often persisted onboard. Each chapter concerns a specific circle of high society, and the author looks at some of the biggest names of the era, including millionaire John Jacob Astor IV, presidential aide Archibald Butt, railroad president Charles Hays and future tennis champion Norris Williams. Although rich in historical detail, much of Brewster's narrative is couched in speculative prose--for example, passenger Charlotte Cardeza "may have instructed her maid to select her rose-colored Lucile evening dress from the eleven gowns she had with her"--at times stretching the reader's credulity. Brewster rarely mentions those not directly involved with the rich and famous--the majority of the passengers on board--but he supplies an impressive amount of information, often directly pulling from firsthand accounts. The author vividly renders the collision, the sinking, the chilling wail of unseen swimmers calling from the cold water and the shipwreck's aftermath. Though overly concerned with the minutia of Edwardian society, Brewster delivers a welcome, interesting addition to Titanic-related literature.

      COPYRIGHT(2012) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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      Starred review from March 1, 2012
      

      This work unabashedly focuses on Titanic's first-class passengers, the best-known on the ship, whose lives were the most carefully documented. Among these were the fashion designer Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon; the artist Francis D. Millet; the U.S. presidential military adviser Archibald Butt; the wealthiest man in America, John Jacob Astor IV, and his second wife, Madeleine; the English journalist W.T. Stead; and the prominent Philadelphia families the Thayers, the Wideners, and the Carters. In a departure from his usual focus on history for children, Brewster (Inside the Titanic; 882 1/2 Amazing Answers to All Your Questions About the Titanic) successfully clarifies the complex relationships among these wealthy, privileged, famous, and/or titled folks, many of whom had known or known of one another in business or social capacities for years. He is also careful to explain that some made their fortunes through hard work, not inheritance. The descriptions of the luxuries of first-class accommodations are detailed and evocative. VERDICT This is one of those rare books on the subject that provides information both new and relevant, in a scholarly but readable way. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the social history of the early 20th century.

      Copyright 2012 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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Employing 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...

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