Triumvirate [Hardcover]

Presenting the true stories of three core individuals inTitanic’s history - Captain Edward J. Smith, shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, and White Star Line chairman Joseph Bruce Ismay

Titanicliterature is full of misconceptions about the actions and motives of key individuals involved. When George Behe set out to write a book thoroughly documenting the activities of theTitanic’s Captain Edward J. Smith during his vessel’s maiden voyage, he soon realized that Smith’s activities were intimately intertwined with those of two other “top officials” in theTitanicstory – shipbuilder Thomas Andrews and White Star Line chairman Joseph Bruce Ismay. With that being the case, he expanded his coverage to include all three men – men whose post-disaster reputations differ from each other as greatly as night differs from day.

This gripping study examines exactly what each of these three pivotal figures inTitanic’s story said and did acrossTitanic’s doomed maiden voyage, culminating in their vastly differing fates, cross referencing all the various survivor accounts and correcting many false impressions and muddled ideas along the way.

GEORGE BEHEis a past vice president of the Titanic Historical Society. He has been interviewed and acted as a consultant for many documentaries andTitanicbooks, and has written numerous articles for theTitanicHistorical Society’s journalThe Commutator. He has also been fortunate to have been able to count more than a dozenTitanicsurvivors among his personal friends. He has writtenOn Board RSM TitanicandVoices from the Carpathiafor The History Press.

• A study byTitanicauthor George Behe, addressing the many falsehoods in existing historical research about these three pivotal men in Titanic’s story
• George utilizes survivor references to Sl³,