New Empress of Ireland Book

[Jesse D O'Neill]

first time i heard of a new empress of ireland book, i have a couple books in my collection about her, Logan's "empress of ireland and other shipwrecks" from 1914, and Croall's "fourteen minutes" 78, both of which i would highly recomend to anyone.

 

[tary l nixon]

Has anyone heard of the oceanliner artist, W. Kitzis from early 1900's. I have an old oil painting of the Empress of Ireland I got in a shipment of old english furniture. I can't find anything about the artist.

 

[Martin Owen Cahill]

About seven months ago I saw a miniseries called The Lost Prince. It was about the tragiclly short life of King George VI's epileptic brother.

At one point the princes are sitting on the floor of a palace public looking at acopy of ILN spread out on the floor. One asks the "Why are all these big ships sinking?"

In front of them are artist's renditions of the Empress of Ireland sinking in the fog. Have these been subsequently published anywhere and are available? If not the publication rights would be a coup for any aspiring author on the Ship.

cheers

Martin

 

[Chris klausen]

I've read 4 books on the "Empress of Ireland". "Forgotten Empress", "Empress of Ireland Story of an Edwardian Liner", "Fourteen Minutes", and "Dark Descent ". Does anyone know of any other books about the ship? Thanks!

 

[Gavin Murphy]

C,

Off the top my head I can think of two others:

1. Until We Meet Again, or something like that, (my first ocean liner book review for THS back in 1982...yikes!) and 2. Logan Marshall's 1914 book (Sinking of the Empress of Ireland and other Sea Disasters?) again, or something like that.

The latter includes chapters verbatim that were included in his 1912 Titanic tome.

This was also an Empress video put out in Canada about 3 years ago which premiered at the THS convention in Mtl. in 2000 and was later released through the National Film Board. It was called ????

I hope this helps.

G

 

[Jason D. Tiller]

Hi Chris,

Just to add to what Gavin suggested, another book worth picking up is "Losing the Empress: A Personal Journey" by David Creighton. Also, there is a wonderful booklet done by the Musee de la Mer in Rimouski, Quebec that is available for purchase. If you're interested, e-mail me for more details.

Hi Gavin,

Could you possibly be thinking of the video called "Empress of Ireland - Lost Not Forgotten"?

Best regards,

Jason

 

[Gavin Murphy]

Hi J,

In re-reading my message I should have said TI instead of THS conf. in Mtl. Sorry.

Yes, that name rings a bell, but it seems to me that when it was first premiered it had a different title. I would have to check on that though. I remember vetting the vid. for the producers and providing a taped interview with Capt. Kendall, but heard nothing back.

I wonder if they made $$? It was remaindered pretty quickly. Maybe Geoff W. or David Z. know.

G

 

[Jason D. Tiller]

Hi Gavin,

No worries, I knew what you were referring to.

I'd be interested in hearing what you find out about the video. That's strange that you didn't hear back from the producers.

Hopefully Geoff or David will be able to give us more information, if either of them see this thread.
Best regards,

Jason

 

[Chris klausen]

Hi Gavin and Jason. Thank you for taking the time to reply I appreciate the information!
Best Wishes,
Chris

 

[Chris klausen]

Hi Jason. I would love to have the booklet from the Musee de la Mer. I couldn't find your email address but I think you can send it to me through my member profile.
thanks!
chris

 

[Jason D. Tiller]

Hi Chris,

You just have to click on my name, but no worries I'll send you the details asap.

Best regards,

Jason