Description
For 110 years, the sinking of the Titanic has fascinated as much as it has astounded: from cinema to musicals, from books to exhibitions, from models to video games, the liner with its disastrous destiny fascinates.
The myth of the largest ship of its time, a sophisticated product of the most advanced human knowledge, crushed on its maiden voyage by a simple iceberg, taking with it several of the great personalities of its time and nearly 1,500 people: everything came together for a mythical destiny.
In reality, it was too perfect: since 1912, many pages have been blackened with analyses and stories, sometimes fanciful, sometimes more rigorous. From year to year, from decade to decade; certain poorly supported assertions have become oft-repeated certainties.
Myths were born, sometimes hiding dark intentions, to the point that even Nazi propaganda tried to seize the subject.
A century after the tragedy, researchers and enthusiasts are trying to clean away the layers of myth, to return to history. Passionate about the subject since his childhood,
Antoine Resche attempts here to synthesize this production, often in English, and to tell the story of the Titanic by looking for it at the source.
This journey to the origins will be far from stopping on April 15, 1912, because this book is interested as much in the history of the Titanic as in the many traces it left behind, over time.
A beautiful book that traces the famous epic of the Titanic from its construction to the present day.
About the Author
Antoine Resche (né en 1990) est docteur de l’université de Nantes en histoire contemporaine, et spécialiste des paquebots transatlantiques. Président de l’Association française du Titanic, il est également l’un des rédacteurs en chef de sa revue, Latitude 41, depuis 2012. Il se consacre par ailleurs sur YouTube à la vulgarisation de l’histoire et de sa méthode, sous le pseudonyme d’Histony.
Antoine Resche (born in 1990) holds a doctorate in contemporary history from the University of Nantes and is a specialist in transatlantic liners. President of the French Titanic Association, he has also been one of the editors-in-chief of its journal, Latitude 41, since 2012. He also devotes himself on YouTube to popularizing history and its method, under the pseudonym Histony.