Titanic: A beginner's guide
Within
hours of RMS Titanic sinking beneath the waves of the cold North
Atlantic on the night of 14/15 April 1912, the story of the ship, its
victims and the disaster's survivors was being written about. Since then,
there has been a deluge of material on the tragedy, including numerous
films and radio and television programmes. Today, googling the internet brings up almost 2.4 million 'Titanic' items, and a search within the online bookshop Amazon.co.uk produces in excess of 1,200 books. Where is the novice
Titanic enthusiast to begin?
We have spent hours on the internet assessing the sites available, separating those that are worth more than a glance from those that are, quite frankly, dross. Here are the results of our research:
- The big ones
The major sites, containing huge amounts of information - Writing about Titanic
Sites that list virtually everything that has been written about the disaster - Making inquiries
Transcriptions of the UK and US inquiries into the disaster, plus documents that came to light during them - Looking at Titanic
Sites that concentrate on what the ship looked like before and after the disaster - Titanic as entertainment
The disaster on the silver screen, on Broadway and in Florida
- Special interests
Particular aspects of the Titanic for those fascinated by metallurgy, maths, modelling, mock trials ... and the postal service - On dry land
Places connected with the Titanic that you can visit - Joining up
Titanic organisations that you can belong to - Bits and pieces
A miscellany - Read on ...
The books that the experts recommend
