Издания и произведения

«Титаник» тонул стремительно. Воды Северной Атлантики сомкнулись над ним ровно через два часа сорок минут после столкновения с айсбергом. Ушли на дно вслед за судном или за считанные минуты окоченели, плавая в ледяной воде, сотни несчастных, находившихся на борту в тот злополучный рейс. Разве могли они даже помыслить, какая страшная участь им уготована? Сверхсовременный лайнер казался таким надежным… Главным героям романа — нескольким пассажирам и молодому стюарду Реджу — посчастливилось оказаться среди спасенных. Но это очень непросто — жить дальше, когда тени погибших сопровождают тебя постоянно.

As desperate hands emerge from the icy water, a few lucky row boats float in the darkness. On the boats are four survivors. Reg, a handsome young steward working in the first-class dining room; Annie, an Irishwoman travelling to America with her children; Juliet, a titled English lady who is pregnant and unmarried, and George, a troubled American millionaire. In the wake of the tragedy, each of these people must try to rebuild their lives. But how can life ever be the same again when you’ve heard over a thousand people dying in the water around you? Haunting, emotional and beautifully written, Women and Children First breathes…

She was the most magnificent ship ever built, yet on the eve of 14th April the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, leaving the lucky ones floating in wooden rowing boats, and the rest struggling for their lives in the icy water. The sinking of the Titanic not only steals lives but blows apart the futures of those who survive: Reg, a handsome young steward who works in the first class dining room: Annie, a gifted Irishwoman who is travelling to America with her four children: Juliette, a titled English lady who is pregnant and unmarried: American millionaire George Grayling and his wife Margaret who are trapped in a poisoned marriage; and…