Morgan Robertson Knihy

Morgan Robertson gilt als Meister der Seemannsgeschichten. Sein bekanntester Roman handelt von der Titan, einem Luxusdampfer, der wie die Titanic 14 Jahre später sank. Robertson, interessiert am Okkulten, könnte durch eine übernatürliche Quelle inspiriert worden sein. Kalman Tanito vergleicht Titan und Titanic und analysiert deren Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST MARITIME TRAGEDY The world's greatest ocean liner crosses the ocean. The largest, most luxurious liner ever to set sail, the Titan is doomed never to make port, but is instead fated to meet her final rest at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. Morgan Robertson's novella is famed for its remarkable similarities to the real-life tragedy which befell the legendary liner, the RMS Titanic fourteen years after the novella was published. Contains four stories THE WRECK OF THE TITAN THE PIRATES BEYOND THE SPECTRUM IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

John Rowland, a disgraced former Royal Navy lieutenant, has taken a job as a lowly deck hand aboard the largest ship ever to have sailed, the Titan. One night in deep fog, the Titan strikes a gigantic iceberg and sinks almost immediately. Written in 1898, fourteen years before the Titanic's sinking, this novel has been hailed in equal measures as a prophetic work and the result of pure coincidence. Certainly the similarities are striking: two unsinkable ships steam ahead in treacherous conditions, carrying privileged passengers, with an insufficient number of lifeboats. Sam Leith's foreword grapples with the nature of chance, and the surprises it can produce.

Set during a time of naval expansion and innovation, this exciting romance novel follows the lives of sailors and officers alike as they navigate the choppy waters of the early 20th century. With gripping action and steamy romance, this book has something for everyone.