Titanics Last Secrets, Brad Matsen
Titanics Last Secrets, Brad Matsen
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Titanic's Last Secrets
The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler

Author: Brad Matsen

Narrator: Henry Leyva

Abridged: 6 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Twelve

Published: 10/01/2008


Synopsis

After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most notorious shipwreck: Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did?

To answer the question, Chatterton and Kohler assemble a team of experts to explore Titanic, study its engineering, and dive to the wreck of its sister ship, Brittanic, where Titanic's last secrets may be revealed.

Titanic's Last Secrets is a rollercoaster ride through the shipbuilding history, the transatlantic luxury liner business, and shipwreck forensics. Chatterton and Kohler weave their way through a labyrinth of clues to discover that Titanic was not the strong, heroic ship the world thought she was and that the men who built her covered up her flaws when disaster struck. If Titanic had remained afloat for just two hours longer than she did, more than two thousand people would have lived instead of died, and the myth of the great ship would be one of rescue instead of tragedy.

Titanic's Last Secrets is the never-before-told story of the Ship of Dreams, a contemporary adventure that solves a historical mystery.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on March 11, 2015

The history itself was quite interesting, but I have to chalk this one up to misplaced expectations. "Shadow Divers" was one of my favorite books ever, largely in part due to the long and detailed explanations of the dangers faced by the divers as they explored the mysterious U-boat. Chatterton and......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on November 21, 2021

Not going to lie, this was all new information to me and I have read a lot of books on the sinking of the Titanic. The evidence presented completely unraveled what I still believed to be the events that occurred the night the Titanic sank. The overall mystery of why she sank so fast had not really o......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on November 19, 2008

Hi! My name is Sam and I am a Titaniac! This is ironic because I am terrified of large bodies of water (really anything bigger than a swimming pool) and I am a cruising addict (though I maintain a ridiculous distance from the railings pretty much relegating myself to bars and buffet lines!) but I di......more

Goodreads review by Gene on November 05, 2008

This one is fascinating and hard to put down every night. Made me have to watch The Titanic again. Very good so far. I recently saw the Titanic Exhibition in Las Vegas. If you get a chance to see it (now at the Luxor) do so - you won't be disappointed.......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on June 26, 2018

I was just going to skim this because I’d seen a documentary on the topic, but the writing was so compelling that I read it all. NOTE: If you’re coming to this book looking for another _Shadow Divers_ experience you will be disappointed. This is a book predominantly about the construction of the Whit......more