These memoirs give us a unique glimpse of life below decks aboard one of the great ocean liners. While in the lifeboat, someone threw her a 'forgotten baby', and she watched, fascinated as the ship went down "as if by looking I could keep her afloat." Four years later, she was a wartime nurse aboard the hospital ship, Britannic, when it struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean. Violet Jessop's description of the sinking is chilling as she sees to the needs of the passengers before finding a warm coat for herself. I was secretly afraid" admits Violet Jessop in this unique eyewitness account of the most written about disaster of the twentieth century. This works gives us a glimpse of life below decks aboard one of the great ocean liners. Offers an eyewitness account of the most written about disaster of the twentieth century.
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