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Originally Posted by HarryT
The reason that "A Night to Remember" is regarded as an important book is that it's really the last - and "definitive" - book based on eyewitness accounts. The earlier books didn't do nearly as thorough a job; the later books did not have access to the wide range of survivors that Mr Lord did. It really is a wonderfully gripping account that makes you ask "what would you have done in that situation?" I recommend it wholeheartedly.
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Hallelujah! I managed to get Harry to make a campaign stop here!
Truth is, Harry, it may be the best and most definitive book on the Titanic in the history of ever, but the topic just doesn't get my juices going. Now a book about what Jane Austen might have eaten and Charles Dickens might have known on the other hand sounds right up my alley!