:One Hundred and Sixty Minutes: The Race to Save the RMS Titanic| 3 1/2 stars

[Joanne]

One Hundred and Sixty Minutes: The Race to Save the RMS Titanic 3 1/2 stars

This a fresh approach to the story we all know, with the focus being on the Marconi wireless operators aboard the Titanic and their fellow operators that received the tragic SOS.

Hazelgrove, starting with chapter 3 (subtitled 160 minutes), gives a minute by minute account of what was happening aboard the Titanic and the many ships that heard their call for help. The author debunks what he calls the "Titanic Mythology" of Edwardian chivalry and shows us an ugly picture of human nature and self preservation.

The story is focused, as I said, on the wireless operators. The Marconi wireless was relatively new and the distress signals from the Titanic were the first true test of it's power.

I wanted to give this book 4 stars, but I just can't do it. I enjoyed the book, however, I was irritated by the many typos. Although not entirely the fault of the author, editing matters in my ratings and I have to downgrade to 3 stars because of the poor job here.