Titanic: 'Iceberg Ahead'

I like how this is written, the interviews of the survivors on how they felt at the time of the sinking, and then their lives and how they survived after.It is a very interesting and compelling read. Superb

I have nearly finished this book,so far it has been really interesting, those poor passengers,so brave.This book has now got me very interested in all about the Titanic. Thank you.

I’m not alone in being fascinated by the story of the ill-fated ship billed as ‘unsinkable’ which hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage. I have read books, watched films and documentaries and am always ready to read and learn more so I was very excited to read Titanic-Iceberg Ahead. The focus of this book is very much on the people who travelled on the Titanic: the first part being an account of events pieced together through the words of passengers and crew; the second part being short biographies of some of the passengers and crew. This book is meticulously researched and pieced together. I discovered so many details that I had not been aware of or appreciated. Reading the story through the words and accounts of others made it feel more real and imaginable. It also gives a greater sense of the human side and the human cost of this tragedy. The two parts of the book are separately fascinating. The biographies flesh out the human lives that populated the Titanic on its first and last voyage. They are an absorbing read. So many themes emerge: lives destroyed by the tragedy; heroes of the Titanic who went on to be heroic elsewhere; passengers and crew who were only on the Titanic by chance. I think this is a worthy addition to Titanic literature. The only aspect which did not quite work for me was the separation into two parts - I felt that they existed entirely separately and wanted them to link into each other more. I read this in an electronic copy so perhaps references in a physical copy are available to switch between the account and the biographies. I would also have liked to see an introduction where the author explains how the book has been researched and its rationale.

Now I LOVE anything to do with the Titanic and I’m always keen to get ANY book on the matter. Fiction/Non-Fiction.... give me them all!It still amazes me that I always learn something new about the Titanic, and from page 1 I was filled with a lot of brand new interesting facts.I really enjoyed learning about the passengers aboard the Titanic and it was great when it was mentioned which passengers made an appearance on the Titanic film by James Cameron and which actor that portrayed them.There are a number of pictures at the end of the book, and they were exciting to see.This is a great non-fiction, historical book and is a favourite of mine. I would recommend this to any historical reader and of course, those readers who have a love for the Titanic.“The cries from the poor souls struggling in the water seemed terrible in the stillness of the night. It seemed to go through you like a knife.”