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MATSEN, BRAD: : TITANIC'S LAST SECRETS: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES of SHADOW DIVERS JOHN CHATTERTON and RICHIE KOHLER

USA.NY,TWELVE,2008.

ISBN 0446582050.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,b/w wrap-around,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with raised silver gilt and white ink lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges or corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - possibly an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,dark blue paper blind spine and grey paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+3-325pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,4 parts/sections comprising 18 chapters (includes 2 section epilogue),32pp mixture of contemporary b/w photographs+ illustrations in 3 blocks between pp24/5(16pp), pp152/3(8pp),and pp248/9(8pp) respectively, acknowledgements,notes,a bibliography,an index,a note about author,publisher's advert; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,4 parts/sections separator pages. After their celebrated discovery of the truth about a sunken Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey,Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler now take on the investigation of the world's most notorious shipwreck: Titanic. For almost a century one vital question about the disaster has remained unanswered: Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did? If the ship had remained afloat for just two hours longer, more than two thousand people would have survived in the freezing North Atlantic on that infamous night in 1912. Chatterton and Kohler dove to the wrecks of both Titanic and its sister ship Britannic.They worked with a brilliant marine forensic analyst. They gained information from archives no historian has ever seen.They tested their theories with sceptics. In 'TITANIC'S LAST SECRETS',acclaimed writer Brad Matsen vividly recreates the construction and destruction of the great ship,drawing upon the new evidence uncovered by Chatterton and Kohler and his own rigorous research.We meet Titanic's shrewd builder,its arrogant owner,and the American tycoon for whom the gigantic ship was the key to victory in a duel for dominance of the most profitable sea lanes on earth.For the first time,we learn of the compromises they made in building TITANIC and the dreadful consequences of their decisions: how they would doom most of the passengers and crew aboard the Ship of Dreams. After weaving their way through a labyrinth of clues and theories,the answer that Chatterton, Kohler,and Matsen found is more shocking than anyone imagined: a cover-up that was passed off to the world as business as usual.This is a tragic historical tale of greed and hubris,and the inspiring modern story of a struggle to uncover the truth that will forever change the way the world thinks about TITANIC. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included. Available UK only, unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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