Sealed Orders: A Lost Short Story of the Titanic by a Survivor

The inspiration for the characters of Jack and Rose in James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster TITANIC.

One of the first in-depth eyewitness accounts of the TITANIC sinking, published just two weeks after the disaster in the form of a short story.

‘Carefully observant… an unnamed man and an unnamed woman keep each other company during the voyage until they are parted by disaster’ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.

First re-publication for over a century. SEALED ORDERS is the short story of two unnamed lovers aboard the most celebrated ocean liner of its time – TITANIC.

The tragic tale was written just a week after the disaster by author Helen Churchill Candee, a first-class passenger on TITANIC who had barely survived the sinking.

Published in the popular US periodical COLLIER’S WEEKLY on 4 May 1912, it mesmerized readers as it alluded to many of the most famous personalities caught up in the disaster whom Helen Candee had socialized with on the fateful voyage.

Although a work of fiction, almost every episode can be proven true by referring to the wealth of firsthand accounts left by over 700 fellow survivors.

Forgotten by all but the most fervent TITANIC aficionados, this is the first time the work has been republished in over a century.