Then of course there is the sinking of that great magnificent ship.Īnnie Hebbley has survived the sinking of the Titanic and after receiving correspondence from Violet Jessop, another survivor of the Titanic, she agrees to work as a nurse on board the Britannic (the Titanic's sister ship). A series of strange events/occurrences and deaths have occurred since the Titanic set sail. Is something sinister haunting the Titanic? Four passengers (Madeline Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Mark Fletcher and Annie Hebbley) believe something is haunting the ship. I have given an honest unbiased review in exchange * * Thank you to Netgalley and Random House UK, Transworld for my ARC.
Despite these issues, I did enjoy the storyline overall, but with some reservations. Lots of characters are showcased, both real and fictional, though I’m not sure I really connected with any of them. Nevertheless it was interesting to see just how popular the occult was as a pastime amongst the very wealthy during this period in history. The storyline is both compelling and dramatic, but I felt a little disappointed with the paranormal side of it - it just wasn’t as creepy as I was expecting it to be. Annie is fortunate enough to survive this great tragedy, and we follow her escapades some four years later as a nurse on Titanic’s sister ship Britannic, which had been refitted as a hospital ship during WW1.Īnnie had spent the intervening four years institutionalised in a Liverpool asylum, and we discover that she has many demons, both real and imagined. Using dual timelines, we follow Annie Hebbley, a stewardess serving the wealthiest passengers onboard the Titanic in 1912. What does make this one slightly different from the rest however, is the fact that it weaves within it’s storyline, a touch of the paranormal.
Stories surrounding the sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage seem to have an eternal draw, and this one is no different. And she is convinced that he did not - could not - have survived the sinking of the Titanic. Plagued by the demons of her doomed first and near fatal journey across the Atlantic, Annie comes across an unconscious soldier she recognises while doing her rounds. And a survivor of that fateful night, Annie, is working as a nurse on the sixth voyage of the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, now refitted as a hospital ship. And then, as the world knows, disaster strikes. Now suspended in an eerie, unsettling twilight zone during the four days of the liner's illustrious maiden voyage, a number of the passengers - including millionaires Madeleine Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim, the maid Annie Hebbley and Mark Fletcher - are convinced that something sinister is going on. This is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the passengers of the ship from the moment they set sail: mysterious disappearances, sudden deaths. Someone, or some thing, is haunting the Titanic.
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