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Copyright © 2019 by Gareth Russell
Originally published in Great Britain in 2019 as The Darksome Bounds of a Failing World by William Collins.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Russell, Gareth, author.
Title: The ship of dreams : the sinking of the Titanic and the end of the
Edwardian era / Gareth Russell.
Other titles: Darksome bounds of a failing world.
Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria Books,
2019. | Series: Atria nonfiction original hardcover | “Originally
published in Great Britain in 2019 as The Darksome Bounds of a Failing
World by William Collins”—T.p. verso. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019005535 (print) | LCCN 2019014617 (ebook) | ISBN
9781501176746 (eBook) | ISBN 9781501176722 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781501176739 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Titanic (Steamship) | Shipwrecks—North Atlantic
Ocean—History—20th century. | Great Britain—History—Edward VII,
1901–1910. | Ocean liner passengers—Biography. | Social
classes—History—20th century. | Social change—History—20th century.
Classification: LCC G530.T6 (ebook) | LCC G530.T6 R695 2019 (print) | DDC
910.9163/4—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019005535
ISBN 978-1-5011-7672-2
ISBN 978-1-5011-7674-6 (ebook)