{"product_id":"gilded-lives-fatal-voyage-the-titanics-first-class-passengers-and-their-world-9780307984814","title":"Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilded Lives, Fatal Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e takes us behind the paneled doors of the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e's elegant private suites to present compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Titanic has often been called \"An exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era,\" but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In \u003ci\u003eGilded Lives, Fatal Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner's most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmploying 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 \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e'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 \u003ci\u003ewe\u003c\/i\u003e have done?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307984814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.42w x 0.97d","brand":"Hugh Brewster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916823204021,"sku":"9780307984814","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d12846ad-2d14-4a75-8487-5d3559e9bccb.jpg?v=1687271569","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gilded-lives-fatal-voyage-the-titanics-first-class-passengers-and-their-world-9780307984814","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}