Customer Reviews
Detailed and moving account - By: Mr. A. Whiteside, 11 Nov 2008 
I am like so many peoplein that I have a fascination about the Titanic disaster.A morbid fascination?Well perhaps beacuse this was a terrible tragedy where over 1500 people lost their lives.But the story still continues to interest many people & for all of us that want to still try & imagine just what it was like that fateful night,then this excellent book from one of the survivors is a must.
Colonel Archibald Gracie gives a vivid account with other survivors also giving their opinions.He obviously wanted answers & it is a story that is written with intelligence,no hint of sensationalism & from someone that was actually there.The fact that he died not long after completing this book makes his account intensely moving & poignant.
I have read quite a few books now about the Titanic &in my opinion this is one of the very best books out there.It is a fitting tribute to a resolute man determined to get to the bottom of his experience.Perhaps he was the final victim as the suffering he enduredin the lifeboat may well have had a lasting effect on this elderly gentleman.Five stars & richly deserved.
Collecting the evidence together - By: A. Lines, 02 Nov 2007 
Gracie, as others have said, died after the disaster due to his timein the sea, butin the time he had left he managed to collate the accounts of a large number of survivors. After describing his memories of the time immediately after the collision, he orders the accounts of other survivors boat by boat,in an orderly & clear fashion. My only criticism is that he includes a lot of repetition, but that is bound to occur with so many people recalling past events. Before reading this I did not know much about the disaster, & Gracie's work proved to be an excellent introduction to the topic. This is certainly my favourite account of the Titanic's sinking.
dying titanic victims explicitly detailed account of sinking - By: leonjones@bigfoot.com, 11 Mar 2000 A. Gracie diedin dec 1912, months after the sinking of Titanic. Before his death-due to exposure during the sinking of Titanic-he diligently collected facts about the sinking. He is obsessedin underlining facts, from many angles as possible. By removing the 'wheat from the chaff' he is trying to come to terms with the personal disaster he was involved with. He lists names of thosein the life boats bears a lot of repeated information, but the writing has clarity & powerfully recreates the events. I read it three times!
a obsessed survivors account written before he dies - By: leonjones@bigfoot.com, 11 Mar 2000 Colonel Gracies obsessivily detailed account says more than a being accurate; his mission is to gather his own & others accounts together before his death due to exposure claimed him later that year. He underlines each life-boats characters & lists names, he was using this book to come to terms with the disaster. One of the best accounts I have read, if you ignore some repetition's. The account of the morning sky of the 15th April was one of the most vivid I have read on this topic.
