The hundredth anniversary of the launching and sinking of the Titanic are next year and I just read a book about it: How to Survive the Titanic by Frances Wilson.  My review of the book is on Amazon.

My favorite quote from the book: 

“A marvelous achievement, is not necessarily interesting.”

Joseph Conrad writing about steam ships vs sailing ships

My maternal grandfather is an Ismay so I am distantly related to Bruce Ismay who was the builder of the Titanic.