History of the White Star Line

There are few names more famous - or infamous - in the history of commercial seafaring than White Star Line. Although to the public, the shipping line is inextricably linked to one event - the tragic loss of the Titanic on the ship's maiden voyage - White Star Line's pedigree stretched back to the mid-19th century and the boom in commercial transatlantic sailing. Even after the Titanic tragedy, the Liverpool-based company continued plying its trade until it was swallowed up by Cunard in the 1930s.
In The History of the White Star Line, author Robin Gardiner, known for his previous best-selling and controversial books on the Titanic, has researched the history of the Titanic's owners to compile the first comprehensive account of this shipping line. Through its pages the reader will be able to discover that Titanic was not alone in being a victim of the company's cavalier seamanship, that many of the company's archives have mysteriously disappeared, that the company's ownership was labyrinthine (involving, as it did, the noted financier J. P. Morgan), and many other revelations. As the author notes in his introduction, there are few books that can incorporate items relating to Titanic, President Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Adolf Hitler, the Beatles and Jack the Ripper!