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Victoria Brown studied English Literature & Film Studies, reflecting her love of storytelling and history, especially the Victorian and Edwardian eras. While at Queen’s University Belfast, she was the Editor of The Gown Independent Newspaper, the oldest student newspaper in the UK, and has always written stories and non-fiction. She has written about art and feminist history and presented talks for feminist horror film club Ghouls on Film. Growing up in Northern Ireland, she has always been fascinated by Titanic, and is a keen supporter of the Death Positive movement. STEVE HALL is a historian, author, novelist and renowned Titanic researcher. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on her photographic record, having collected, studied and researched the ship for over three decades, and is a recognised authority on the technical aspects of the Olympic-class ships. He is a consultant for media centres, auction houses and museums around the world and is regularly invited to conduct talks with history students. He is a foundation member of the Titanic and Steamship Historical Society of Australia.
Victoria sheds an interesting light on the RMS *Titanic *tragedy, with her focus on death, decomposition, and recovery of the passengers and crew by the ‘death ships’. A very insightful read. -- Dee Ryan-Meister, Maritime Marine History Researcher/ Editor/ Titanic Society of Atlantic Canada President A fascinating, information-saturated, thorough research work dealing with a wide variety of topics that constitute the core subject of death on *Titanic *in a broad sense, both during the sinking and beyond, including the recovery of dead bodies and the mortal remains of the ship itself. This book really provides an extensive overview, sometimes dark, sometimes enlightening, and stimulates your thinking superbly. At the same time, and rather paradoxically, it makes you feel glad to be alive, as John B. ‘Jack’ Thayer once wrote. -- Eugene Nesmeyanov, author of The Titanic Expeditions: Diving to the Queen of the Deep 1985–2021 ""There are many facets that combine to tell the story of Titanic, from conception, construction to maiden voyage and tragedy, all well covered in the pages of history books. The last episode in Titanic's tale, however, is not widely discussed for obvious reasons. The Death Ship covers the final chapter of Titanic's tragedy, delving into the sometimes gruesome aspects of the reality of death as is associated with a tragedy at sea, and providing a well-organized reference to the out-coming legislation, recovery efforts and final arrangements of Titanic's fatalities; it deserves a place on the historian’s book shelf."" -- Bruce Beveridge, author of Titanic: The Ship Magnificent
