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The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria
Greg King
Penny Wilson
其他書名
The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship
出版
Macmillan + ORM
, 2020-04-07
主題
History / Maritime History & Piracy
Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
History / Europe / Italy
ISBN
1250194555
9781250194558
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NR-aDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
“An extensively documented account of the 1956 sinking of the Italian luxury liner
. . .
amazing stories of serendipitous luck, heroism, cowardice, and tragedy.” —
Booklist
In 1956, a stunned world watched as the famous Italian ocean liner
Andrea Doria
sank after being struck by a Swedish vessel off the coast of Nantucket. Unlike the tragedy of the
Titanic
, this sinking played out in real time across radios and televisions, the first disaster of the modern age. Audiences witnessed everything that ensued after the unthinkable collision—from the heroic rescue of passengers to the ship’s final sinking beneath the Atlantic, taking some fifty lives with her.
The
Andrea Doria
represented the romance of travel and the glamourous side of mid-twentieth century life. Now Greg King and Penny Wilson offer a fresh look at this legendary liner and her tragic fate. They bring the fateful voyage to life in a narrative focused on her passengers: Cary Grant’s wife; Philadelphia’s flamboyant mayor; the heiress to the Marshall Field fortune; and many brave Italian emigrants who found themselves plunged into a desperate struggle to survive.
The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria
follows the effect this trauma had on their lives, and brings the story up-to-date with the latest expeditions and never-before-seen photos of the wreck.