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A Night to Remember

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The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic

‘There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers.’ — Phillip Franklin, White Star Line Vice-President

On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world’s largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. Walter Lord’s classic bestselling history of the voyage, the wreck and the aftermath is a tour de force of detailed investigation and the upstairs/downstairs divide. A Night to Remember provides a vivid, gripping and deeply personal account of the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic’s descent.

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A stunning book, incomparably the best on its subject… one of the most exciting books of this or any year. ― New York Times

Walter single-handedly revived interest in the Titanic…an electrifying book ― John Maxtone-Graham, maritime historian and author

Absolutely gripping and unputdownable ― David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

Devotion, gallantry…Benjamin Guggenheim changing to evening clothes to meet death; Mrs. Isador Straus clinging to her husband, refusing to get in a lifeboat; Arthur Ryerson giving his life belt to his wife’s maid…A book to remember ― Chicago Tribune

Seamless and skilful…it’s clear why this is many a researcher’s Titanic bible ― Entertainment Weekly

A magnificent job of re-creative chronicling, enthralling from the first word to the last. — The Atlantic Monthly

Moving and extremely well-documented ― Oxford Mail

Encyclopedia Titanica Review

The book that really started the modern era of Titanic scholarship. Walter Lord contacted and befriended a multitude of genuine Titanic survivors (and at least one fake one!), to compile this, the quintessential historical drama. Eminently readable and riveting throughout, a masterpiece of historical narrative writing. — Encyclopedia Titanica

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Author	Walter Lord
Publisher ‏	Penguin Books
Publication date ‏	1956, 1978, 2012
Language ‏	English
Paperback ‏	256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏	0141399694
ISBN-13 ‏	978-0141399690

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Encyclopedia Titanica – 3 May 2024

The book that really started the modern era of Titanic scholarship. Walter Lord contacted and befriended a multitude of genuine Titanic survivors (and at least one fake one!), to compile this, the quintessential historical drama.
Eminently readable and riveting throughout, a masterpiece of historical narrative writing. The illustrated softback reissue from 1978 in particular is the perfect introduction to the true story of the Titanic.

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Caroline Chavez

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Pinned Jul 27, 2003

I am right now in the process of reading "A Night To Remember" LET ME TELL YOU NOW this book is excelent, It is not boring, It is not, Confusing, It is very useful and exciting and wonderful and exact!(sorry it jus makes me excited even thinking about it)haha) I EXTREMLEY RECOMEND THIS BOOK! thanl you!
-0Caroline

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Fiona Nitschke

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#1 Jul 28, 2003

Caroline,
I've moved your post into the Walter Lord wing of the ET books forum. As you can see, there's quite a few threads and posts by others who also think ANTR an excellent book.

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Caroline Chavez

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#2 Aug 01, 2003

Thank you FIONA, sorry about that. hehe
-Caroline

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Noel F. Jones

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#3 Aug 02, 2003

"As you can see, there's quite a few threads and posts by others who also think ANTR an excellent book."

And one much-denigrated but decidedly unrepentant detractor.

Noel

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Dave Gittins

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#4 Aug 02, 2003

Caroline, Noel is not the only detractor. A Night to Remember was a good book for its time and it's still a good read. It's not easy to put it down once you've started. That said, it's now out of date, especially Lord's graphic description of the sinking. There are various other errors, including a number of characters who were never on board. An impostor who called himself Walter Belford even tricked Lord into believing his tale of events in the bakery. I think Noel would join me in attacking the chapter called There Is Your Beautiful Nightdress Gone. In my opinion, it's 90% romantic hot air.

I suggest that The Night Lives On is better researched and better referenced. It contains a good deal of accurate information and intelligent comment. Titanic fans owe a lot to Walter Lord for reviving interest in the ship, but, like many who are first in their field, Lord didn't always get it right.

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Michael Tennaro

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#5 Aug 02, 2003

The Night Lives On is an excellent book, yet it does not have half the lyrical quality of Lord's first book. I have read the sequel once, but I go back and read A Night to Remember over and over again.

I will not disagree that there are flaws in the text of A Night to Remember, but that can pretty much be said of any book on the subject ever printed. plus we have to remember that this was written 50 years ago, when the amount of information available was a fraction of what it is today. at the time he wrote the book, the text was as complete and as accurate as he could make it.

I will be the last one to deify Walter Lord, or any other author for that matter, yet there is no denying the incredible achievement A Night to Remember made to the subject of the Titanic disaster. no other book, before or since has inspired so much popular interest in this subject for casual reader and expert alike and across such a range of age groups for five decades now. and growing! it richly deserves the recognition it has received.

all the best, Michael (TheManInBlack) T

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Bill Wormstedt

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#6 Aug 03, 2003

The difference between the books "A Night to Remember" and "The Night Lives On", is that ANTR reads like an exciting novel, or even a movie, if you will. TNLO is more a series of essays about various aspects of the disaster, and does not really have a plotline, as the first does.

That said, I cannot even remember how many times I've read ANTR. Six or seven or more, maybe? TNLO I've read cover to cover twice, but I've went back a number of other times to reread various parts of it.

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Jesse D O'Neill

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#7 Oct 06, 2003

Ill have to agree w/ bill, A night to remember is definitely the better of the 2 books for a good story, though The night lives on is better for checking the facts, 1 of the few books i use for checking titanic facts.

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Mark Baber

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#8 Nov 20, 2003

20 November 1955: Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember" is reviewed in the New York Times Book Review. In a piece entitled "The Nightmare of April 14, 1912", reviewer Burke Wilkinson calls ANTR "a stunning book, incomparably the best on its subject and one of the most exciting books of this or any year." To be continued on 11 December. (Source: New York Times Book Review, 20 Nov. 1955.)

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Dave Gittins

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#9 Nov 20, 2003

Has anybody read other books by Lord? Are they in the same cinematic style as ANTR?

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Fiona Nitschke

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#10 Nov 20, 2003

The Dunkirk book is. At least, that's my opinion.