How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay By .9781408828151

How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J. Bruce IsmayAuthor(s): Frances Wilson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\nISBN-13: 9781408828151, 978-1408828151\nSynopsis\n**WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 2012** The strange and fascinating story of the owner of the Titanic, J. Bruce Ismay, the man who jumped ship 'Beautifully written, and beautifully deconstructed' Sunday Times 'Wonderfully rich and multi-layered . . . Full of fascinating details . . . Every sentence crackles with intelligence' Mail on SundayAs the Titanic sinks on that fateful day in April 1912, a thousand men prepared to die. J. Bruce Ismay, the ships owner and inheritor of the White Star fortune, however, jumps into a lifeboat with the women and children and rows away to safety. Publicly reviled as a coward, Ismay became, according to one headline, The Most Talked-of Man in the World and the first victim of .