The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World

I really liked reading this book. Especially after viewing the permanent exhibit on the Titanic at Orlando, Fl., on April 15 of this year (100th anniversary). I did not want to put the book down. Seeing the Exhibit, then reading the book was an interesting experience. What a terrible tragedy! Such heroism on the part of so many!

..and this book delves into the lives of these women and men. Enjoyed how the author interspersed their stories as the Titanic met its ultimate end with the iceberg. Easily readable and informative.

I really enjoyed the book. Very well written and so interesting about the people who lived their lives before they got on the Titanic. I felt like I knew them. I love the pictures it made it that much more real!

I enjoyed reading about the lives of the rich and there inner secrets. It was an easy read. However, t kept thinking of the poor immigrants in the lower decks. Their story would have little readership because of their background. How many of these poor souls could have contributed to our nation?

I love history. Reading a well written book about a part of history is a delight. Of course we all know what happened to Titanic, if only by watching James Cameron's movie version.
I really enjoyed learning more about some of the passengers. Mostly first class, but it was that era. Somehow it makes it real and sobering that so many died because of a distinction of class. We also get a review of each passenger and family after the tragedy. Yours into perspective how many suffered still after that night.
The author did a great job with this book. Nice reading..?

This book gives a very detailed account of what happened that night aboard the Titanic. It makes you shiver thinking of being in those cold waters and life boats. What brave people they must have been. A great read.

Hugh Brewster came up with a fascinating marriage of a famous disaster coupled with tales of notable Gilded Age rich people, who are all the more interesting today because the Global Economy has taken us right back to the age when the very few were fabulously rich, in large part because they paid little or no taxes. That kind of extreme wealth tends to result in outsized personalities, and Brewster has chronicled them very well, often revealing details that are not widely known today. I had not known, for instance, that John Jacob Astor was basically a rich heir who was not actually the one who earned all that money. There are flaws to this book, to be sure. At times the narrative really wanders, particularly when Brewster drones on and on about the fashion world at the time and the particulars of the garments. That alone was at times enough to put me to sleep. Brewster also seems obsessive about outing gay people, and one can only speculate why. Still, on the whole, this is a superb book.

The sinking of the Titanic has always been of interest to me. However, I wanted to learn more about the passengers. While this book deals mostly with first-class passengers it does provide an indepth analysis of the Captain and his crew. History has not given proper recognition to Titanic crew and their heroic efforts to evacuate passengers into lifeboats. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys non-fiction and intrigued with the human aspect of this tragedy. It is one of the best books that I have read recently and I usually read approximately five to six books a month. Five stars *****

Great attention paid to describe the lavish lives of the 1st class passengers, their attitudes and accomplishments and origins of entitlement.
Surprised to learn that only 4 women of the 1 st class passengers died and why the alleged bravery of the men that stayed on board may have actually really believed that they would be saved and so maybe not quite so brave or chivalrous as I once believed.
I really enjoyed the excellent descriptions of the women's dress of the time very interesting for any lover of clothes.
Now I need to read about the 3rd class passengers because I now wonder how much was actually known about them.