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This was a very good story and most of the facts were right, there were a few mistakes in the sinking but all told it made you feel the era. It would have been nice to have a happier ending but that's life. A good read.


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Unsinkable Dan James Books Reviews

There was a time in America (and in Britain, too, I suspect) when, if you'd asked folks what they knew about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, you would have drawn a blank.
Yes, I know that's hard to believe, but it's absolutely true.
In the four decades that passed after she took her two-mile plunge to the floor of the North Atlantic, other tragedies of greater note, including two World Wars and a worldwide flu epidemic, had gradually erased the disaster from public consciousness and, by the early 1950's, had caused it to be largely forgotten.
That changed radically in 1955, with the publication of Walter Lord's smash bestseller, "A Night to Remember", a book in which he compiled the first moment-by-moment account of the disaster based on scores of interviews with passengers who survived it.
Lord's book, and the film that followed, had an impact that led to an awakening of interest on the part of, oceanographers, playwrights, filmmakers and other writers.
Robert Ballard, who discovered the vessel's wreckage in 1985, once remarked that Lord's book was the beginning of his fascination with the sinking and one of his inspirations to undertake the search.
Meredith Wilson cited the book as an influence to undertake his 1960 musical, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", later a movie.
In 1997, "Titanic" opened on Broadway and won five Tony awards.
In that same year, James Cameron released his epic film with a completely different story, but with the same title.
He, too, paid his homage to Walter Lord.
And there are currently 239 paperbacks available for sale, on , that deal with the disaster.
So did we really need another one?
Actually, we did. And my thanks go out to Dan James who has written it.
The book is called "Unsinkable", and it combines meticulous research (the author is a seasoned journalist) with rich imagination (he's also a best-selling fiction author).
James begins his tale with two factual incidents the "Houndsditch Murders" and the "Sydney Street Siege", both of which occurred in London, both of which involved the killing of policemen and in both of which a Latvian revolutionary criminal by the name of Peter Piaktow (or or Piatkov, Pjatkov, Piaktoff) was implicated - but never caught.
What if, James surmises, Piaktow (dubbed Peter the Painter by the press of the time) attempted to escape to America aboard the Titanic? And what if a Special Branch officer desperate to apprehend him also sailed on that same ship? And what if the cop teamed-up with an attractive lady, an American reporter whose easy ways he found quite enchanting?
It all makes for a cracking good read.
And, even though we know from the outset what's going to happen to the ship, James's still manages to come up with a totally unexpected surprise ending.
I immensely enjoyed this book and heartily recommend it.
Set on board the Titanic, Unsinkable is a mystery that follows Arthur Beck, former Scotland Yard member looking to start over in America after being part of a horrific incident that has sent him into a downward spiral. He is not on board long, however, when he spies the man he believes is responsible for the taking of the lives of three fellow policemen, and Beck feels he must alert both Captain Smith and Bruce Ismay of the presence. Meanwhile, he captures the attention of reporter Martha Heaton, who easily surmises he is up to something as he conducts his investigation. The story moves between the two as Beck tracks down the mysterious killer and Martha endeavors to find out what is going on. Interspersed with the tales of those two we meet Sten-Ake, a Norwegian cancer victim whose presence ends up being more vital than it would seem at first.

Unsinkable is a well-written mystery, though not a particularly layered one. Beck’s nervousness is palpable as he moves about the ship, and Martha’s tenaciousness allows us to access areas and people on board that we might not normally have seen. In fact, Martha’s feminist attitudes in first class were the only piece I didn’t really buy about this novel, as she was often abrupt and abrasive. Still, the book moves along at good clip, and it’s very obvious to this Titanic buff that the author knows his stuff. In the end, the title becomes about more than just the ship; I really enjoyed seeing how it all played out and cannot help wondering what happens next. A fun, intriguing tale.

Thank you to the Historical Novel Society for providing a copy of this novel for review.
This was a very good story and most of the facts were right, there were a few mistakes in the sinking but all told it made you feel the era. It would have been nice to have a happier ending but that's life. A good read.