{"product_id":"9780857101099","title":"Travelling to Tragedy : Great Transport Disasters","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Newman, Rudi, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/06\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: illustrated in colour and black and white,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Pixz Books,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Pixz Books,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Maritime history \u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780857101099\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisasters have grabbed the human imagination since antiquity. Whether for heroism or arrogance, folly or fate, these tales show the best and worst of humanity when faced with extreme danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces seven events of tremendous importance, yet while some have risen to legendary proportions – cloaked by myth and error – others have become all but forgotten despite their shocking details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll are a warning from history:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe two ‘unsinkable’ ships\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Britain’s deadliest railway error\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe torpedo that changed warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn engineering nightmare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe darkest day on the Thames\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe English Hindenburg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr Rudi Newman has a long-standing passion for all things historical, particularly in his specialist field of transportation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving previously researched various maritime themes, his PhD centred on Victorian railways and their early impacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collector of transportation ephemera supporting his historical research, he has assisted with museums and exhibitions on a range of related subject matters and has presented numerous lectures and articles on transportation themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently the Honorary Secretary of the British Titanic Society, he has also acted as an advisor for several media interviews and documentaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35023034908825,"sku":"9780857101099","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780857101099_c1c8e4fb-6d75-4d6d-9206-8405423b9b1b.jpg?v=1601406531","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780857101099","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}