The Other Side of the Night (Hardcover)

from katiekrug

This was a fascinating account of two ships that were in the vicinity of the Titanic on the night she hit an iceberg and sank. It is a story I was largely unfamiliar with, though I was aware the Carpathia had picked up the survivors of the disaster. What I did not know, and what forms the heart o...

from LibraryCin

4.25 stars This is a book about the sinking of the Titanic, but more from the points of view of two of the closest ships that night. In fact, one of them – the Californian – was within sight distance and saw the distress rockets go up… and the captain, Stanley Lord, didn't do anything. He was a ...

from sallylou61

There are many books written about the Titanic. In this excellent book, Daniel Allen Butler pays particular attention to the Carpathia and the Californian and the roles they played when the Titanic sank. The Carpathia, with Arthur Rostron as captain, was approximately 58 miles from the Titanic an...

from smik

This is part of my attempt to read a little more than crime fiction: so this is history and non crime fiction. It is a very compelling account of what happened on the night of April 14/15 1912, when the unsinkable Titanic sank. It is strongly read, although there are passage that I suspect in the...

from sallylou61

There are many books written about the Titanic. In this excellent book, Daniel Allen Butler pays particular attention to the Carpathia and the Californian and the roles they played when the Titanic sank. The Carpathia, with Arthur Rostron as captain, was approximately 58 miles from the Titanic an...