Her single-minded focus shatters when she meets Alec, a handsome first-class passenger who captivates her instantly. Once the ship they’re sailing on-the RMS Titanic-reaches its destination, Tess plans to strike out and create a new life for herself. But now the Lisle family is headed to America, with Tess in tow. It’s 1912, and Tess has been trapped in the employ of the Lisles for years, amid painful memories and twisted secrets. This includes tons of great detail, and even a photograph of what many people believe to have been the actual iceberg that struck the ship.Įighteen-year-old maid Tess Davies is determined to escape the wealthy, troubled family she serves. This was researched and written shortly after the sinking, so while some of the theories about the disaster no longer hold up, the eyewitness accounts are fresh and “uncorrected” by other people’s impressions. THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, Logan Marshall It turns out there are no end of adventures that can take place aboard the ship! And this book largely deals with the heroine’s life before her voyage, with tons of cameos from historical figures.ĥ. While I was plotting out FATEFUL, I discovered there was already a YA novel about the Titanic, which gave me cardiac arrest until I read this for myself and realized our stories were very different. DISTANT WAVES: A NOVEL OF THE TITANIC, Suzanne Weyn More for the dedicated buff than the casual reader, but still, pretty fantastic stuff.Ĥ. The author doesn’t tell you who’s right or wrong, doesn’t correct any errors, just lets you read each person’s version of what happened. This is a collection of eyewitness accounts. LOST VOICES FROM THE TITANIC, Nick Barratt This book is less a narrative or a history, more a collection of interesting facts, but what a collection it is! This was an invaluable source for me while I was writing FATEFUL because it contained some information hard to find anywhere else - for instance, what happened in each lifeboat between the time it was launched and the time they were rescued by the Carpathia?ģ. 1912 FACTS ABOUT THE TITANIC, Lee Merideth He interviewed many survivors back in the 1950s, so you get a very solid account.Ģ. Walter Lord was really the first person to investigate all aspects of the disaster as a historian, and the huge majority of his findings have stood the test of time. Please give a warm welcome to Claudia Gray!Ĭlaudia Gray’s Recommended Titanic Reading
Hello everyone and welcome to the second week of our stint on the official Dark Days Blog Tour, a celebration of the upcoming fall lineup of paranormal and supernatural YA titles from Pitch Dark Books at Harper Teen! We have the great honor of hosting Dark Days author Claudia Gray for four weeks, as she shares with us some of her favorite films, books, and influences for her her new novel Fateful.
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